Icons of the Fantastic

Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection

Amanda Zehnder, David Brinley (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2025
University of Delaware Press (Verlag)
9781644534052 (ISBN)

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Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection features artwork by pioneering artists from over 160 years of published works of science fiction and fantasy. The illustrations in the collection appeared on the covers of timeless novels such as the Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as Amazing Stories and Weird Tales. They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from The Tempest, Don Quixote, and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to works by Edgar Allan Poe and H. G. Wells. Alongside essays about famous illustrators such as Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley, contributors engage in a critical reassessment of understudied artists such as José Segrelles, Wladyslaw Benda, Margaret Brundage, and Hannes Bok. The book includes a foreword by Guillermo del Toro, a preface by Kevin J. Anderson, an introduction by Michael Dirda, and an interview with renowned contemporary illustration artist Michael Whelan.

Amanda Zehnder is Chief Curator and Department Head of Museums at the University of Delaware. David Brinley is Professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware. Guillermo del Toro is renowned filmmaker, writer, and artist, who has directed over a dozen films and created numerous television shows, including The Strain (2014–2017) and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (2022). Kevin J. Anderson has published more than 190 books, fifty-eight of which have been national or international bestsellers. Anderson is the director of the graduate program in Publishing at Western Colorado University, and he and his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of WordFire Press. Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a longtime book columnist for The Washington Post, and the author of the memoir An Open Book (2003), five collections of essays, and the critical appreciation On Conan Doyle (2012). Michael Whelan is one of the world’s premier painters of imaginative realism. For more than forty years, he has created book and album covers for authors and musicians like Isaac Asimov, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Brandon Sanderson, the Jacksons, and Meat Loaf. Stephen D. Korshak is the owner, along with his wife Alma, of the Korshak Collection of Illustrations of Imaginative Literature. Margaret Stetz is the Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women’s Studies and Professor of Humanities at the University of Delaware. Ashley Rye-Kopec is the Curator of Education and Outreach at the University of Delaware Museums. Rachael Kane is the Learning and Engagement Manager at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. Lauren Stump is the Curator of the Korshak Collection. Lisa Yaszek is Regents’ Professor of Science Fiction Studies at Georgia Tech. Gary K. Wolfe is emeritus Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies.

Guillermo Del Toro, Foreword: A Cabinet that Holds the World
Kevin J. Anderson, Preface
Michael Dirda, Introduction to the Korshak Collection

Stephen D. Korshak, The Korshak Collection of Illustrations of Imaginative Literature: A Collector’s Journey
Stephen D. Korshak, Shasta Publishers
David M. Brinley, The Korshaks: A Legacy of Influence

Margaret D. Stetz, Aubrey Beardsley: The Illustrator Who Would Not “Illustrate”
Ashley Rye-Kopec, “A Hint and an Opportunity”: Goblins, Fairies, and Mysterious Creatures in Arthur Rackham’s The Sleep of Rip Van Winkle
Amanda T. Zehnder, The Blue of Deep Water and the Blue of a Winter Night’s Sky: The Poetry of Word and Image in the Art of Edmund Dulac
Rachael Kane, Knights of Old: Władysław Benda's Skeletal Hussars
Lauren Stump, JosÉ Segrelles: The Spanish Master of Mystical and Fantastical Illustration
Lisa Yaszek, Margaret (Johnson) Brundage: First Woman of Fantasy Art
David M. Brinley, Unveiling the Enigmatic Genius of Hannes Bok
David M. Brinley, Interview with Michael R. Whelan
Gary K. Wolfe, Afterword: A Dialogue of Things Unseen

Illustrated Checklist of the Full Korshak Collection
Contributors

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2025
Einführung	Michael Dirda
Vorwort	Guillermo del Toro, Kevin J. Anderson
Zusatzinfo	198 full color images
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 279 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Science Fiction
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-13	9781644534052 / 9781644534052
Zustand	Neuware