{"product_id":"icons-of-the-fantastic-illustrations-of-imaginative-literature-from-the-korshak-collection-9781644534052","title":"Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection","description":"\u003ci\u003eIcons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eTarzan \u003c\/i\u003eseries by Edgar Rice Burroughs and classic pulp magazines from the 1930s through 1960s, such as \u003ci\u003eAmazing Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. They accompany images of mischievous satyrs, ethereal mermaids, and spell-casting witches for texts ranging from \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda T. Zehnder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Delaware Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.30h x 9.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644534052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMANDA T. ZEHNDER\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Curator and Department Head of Museums at the University of Delaware. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID M. BRINLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is an industry award-winning painter and illustrator. 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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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL DIRDA\u003c\/b\u003e is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a longtime book columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eAn Open Book\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), five collections of essays, and the critical appreciation \u003ci\u003eOn Conan Doyle\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL WHELAN\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the world's premier painters of imaginative realism. For fifty 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN D. 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