Published: 2023-03-13

Magic, Love and the City. Foreword to Sources of Urban Fantasy Popularity

Barbara Szymczak-Maciejczyk
Colloquia Litteraria
Section: ARTYKUŁY
https://doi.org/10.21697/cl.2022.32.1.5

Abstract

The urban fantasy genre is currently receiving increasing attention from audiences
and researchers. One of the factors contributing to this is the growing reception of
fantasy per se. This is also due to the recent phenomenon of paranormal romance,
from which – to some extent – urban fantasy is growing and emulating. The
combination of fantasy, detective and romance plots and the emphasis on urbanity
allows the use of a variety of pop culture tropes and motifs. In this article, I point
to these several reasons for the growing popularity of urban fantasy

Keywords:

urban fantasy, paranormal romance, Ilona Andrews, urbanity, decetive story

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Szymczak-Maciejczyk, B. (2023). Magic, Love and the City. Foreword to Sources of Urban Fantasy Popularity. Colloquia Litteraria, 32(32), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.21697/cl.2022.32.1.5

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