Connavar, I was aware that Lord Dunsany died not all that long ago (but thanks for reminding me). But I think most of Dunsany's fans think of him as someone who made his mark with those early fantasies, which date from decades before 1957. The Dunsany writings that matter most (for most people) are from about 1905-1925, including six collections of tales and The King of Elfland's Daughter. (You knew that already, too.)
I'm going to revisit some Dunsany stories -- in fact, I've started that; reread "The Kith of the Elf-Folk." When I acquired Ballantine's first Adult Fantasy series collection of his stories, At the Edge of the World, as a 9th-grader, Dunsany became a favorite author. But I have hardly read him for many years. His p philosphical outlook is radically different from mine (this life is but an inconsequential dream), as is his take on fantasy (the stories are dreams). But then I don't buy Thomas Hardy's outlook and I'm rereading Tess of the d'Urbervilles at the moment.
