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Lord Dunsany

Lifespan
1878 – 1957
Nationality
Irish
Active
1905 – 1924
Works held
13

Lord Dunsany (1878–1957), Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was one of the founding figures of modern fantasy. His invented pantheon in The Gods of Pegāna and the exquisite prose of The King of Elfland's Daughter and his Jorkens tales created a template of imagined mythologies that shaped Tolkien, Lovecraft, Le Guin and countless others. A prolific Irish peer, playwright and sportsman, he wrote some of the most beautiful fantasy in the language.

The works

  1. 1924
    Cover of The King of Elfland's Daughter The King of Elfland's Daughter
  2. 1922
    Cover of Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley Don Rodriguez; Chronicles of Shadow Valley Cover of Plays of Near & Far Plays of Near & Far
  3. 1919
    Cover of Tales of Three Hemispheres Tales of Three Hemispheres
  4. 1916
    Cover of Tales of Wonder Tales of Wonder
  5. 1915
    Cover of Fifty-One Tales Fifty-One Tales
  6. 1914
    Cover of Five Plays Five Plays
  7. 1912
    Cover of Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany Selections from the Writings of Lord Dunsany Cover of The Book of Wonder The Book of Wonder
  8. 1910
    Cover of A Dreamer's Tales A Dreamer's Tales Cover of A Dreamer's Tales A Dreamer's Tales
  9. 1908
    Cover of The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
  10. 1905
    Cover of The Gods of Pegana The Gods of Pegana

Wrote across

1900s1910s1920s

Recurring themes

Fantasy

Kindred authors shared themes

A. A. MilneAbbie Farwell BrownAbbie Phillips WalkerAdelbert von ChamissoAdélaïde de MontgolfierAlain René Le SageAlbert Bigelow PaineAlexandre Dumas

Contemporaries writing in the same era

L. Frank BaumEdgar Rice BurroughsH. G. WellsVictor AppletonE. NesbitH. P. LovecraftAlgernon BlackwoodRay CummingsRobert E. HowardRuth Plumly Thompson

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