Originally synonym of “fantasy”, Heroic Fantasy designates today a Fantasy branch in which the stories take place in a medieval (or pre-medieval) context where magic (good or evil) is very important.
Matching words : Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery
Exemples :
- The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series, by Fritz Leiber
- The Elric series, by Michael Moorcock
- Excalibur, directed by John Boorman