The emergence of a text type of fantastical narrative literature can be traced from the 18th century, and the genre has attained a high profile. Notable authors of world literature, such as Horace Walpole, C.S. Lewis, Ludwig Tieck, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Théophile Gautier, H.P. Lovecraft, and J.R.R. Tolkien are among its exponents. Interest in fantasy literature today is not confined t…