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The fantasy of manners is a subgenre of science fiction. "Fantasy of manners" is fantasy literature that owes as much or more to the , social structure. The protagonists are not pitted against fierce monsters or marauding armies, but against their neighbors and peers; the action takes place within a society, rather than being directed against an external foe; duels may be fought, but the chief weapons are wit and intrigue. Major influences on the subgenre include the social novels of Jane Austen , the drawing room comedies of P. G. Wodehouse , and the historical romances of Georgette Heyer . Many authors also draw from nineteenth century popular novelists such as Anthony Trollope , the Brontë sisters, and Charles Dickens . Traditional Romance s of Swashbuckling Adventure such as '' The Three Musketeers '' by Alexandre Dumas , '' The Scarlet Pimpernel '' by Baroness Orczy , or the works of Rafael Sabatini may also be influences. The Graustark ian romances typified by '' The Prisoner Of Zenda '' by Anthony Hope , or George Barr McCutcheon 's ''Graustark'' itself, are also of some consequence as literary precedents, as are the historical novels of Dorothy Dunnett . A typical fantasy of manners tale will involve a romantic adventure that turns on some point of social punctilio or intrigue. Magic , fantastic races, and Legendary Creature s are downplayed within the genre, or dismissed entirely. Indeed, but for the fact that the settings are usually entirely fictional, some of the books considered "fantasy of manners" could be considered as Historical Fiction . Ellen Kushner is perhaps the definitive writer of fantasy of manners tales; almost all of her novels have some of the traits of the genre, and her Slashy ''Swordspoint: A Melodrama of Manners'' (1987) is considered as the epitome of the genre. Other writers who have written books considered to fall into the subgenre include:
A class of fantasies set in contemporary times and blending some characteristics of fantasies of manners with the subgenre Urban Fantasy has been dubbed, tongue-even-further-in-cheek, Elfpunk . |
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