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littlemanpoet · 09-18-2002, 12:29 PM

The term fantasy didn't exist with any of its current connotations until it was distinguished from fancy by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He said that a fancy is like a notion, whereas a fantasy is more complex, something wherein sub-creation is actually taking place. I forget who it was that developed the word fantasy further yet, but it was either Tolkien or somebody in the 1800s.

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09-18-2002, 12:29 PM	#11
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	The term fantasy didn't exist with any of its current connotations until it was distinguished from fancy by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He said that a fancy is like a notion, whereas a fantasy is more complex, something wherein sub-creation is actually taking place. I forget who it was that developed the word fantasy further yet, but it was either Tolkien or somebody in the 1800s.