Fantasy and Escapism Revisited

Damien Walter has written a really interesting article on Does Fantasy Offer Escapism or Escape? It's a perennial question, but one that's worth revisiting and he's got some interesting stuff to say. Here's an extract, but be sure to read the whole thing...

The only people who hate escapism are jailers, said the essayist and Narnia author C S Lewis. A generation later, the fantasy writer Michael Moorcock revised the quip: jailers love escapism — it’s escape they can’t stand. Today, in...