α. 1900s– sword and sorcery, 1900s– sword-and-sorcery, 1900s– sword & sorcery.
β. 1900s– swords and sorcery, 1900s– swords-and-sorcery, 1900s– swords & sorcery.
Also with capital initials.sword and sorceryn.
/ˌsɔːd (ə)n(d) ˈsɔːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈˌsɔrd (ə)n ˈsɔrs(ə)ri/ A genre of fiction characterized by heroic adventures and elements of fantasy; (also) a similar genre of role-playing games, cinema, etc. Chiefly attributive.
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political novel1735
comic novel1787
epistolary1804
autobiographical novel1832
Robinsonade1837
roman1867
sea-book1867
roman à clef1882
roman expérimental1884
hill-top novel1895
saga1895
Bildungsroman1910
pulp fiction1931
American Gothic1938
Künstlerroman1941
suspense novel1952
nouveau roman1959
sword and sorcery1961
graphic novel1964
non-fiction novel1965
schlockbuster1966
dark fantasy1968
celebrity novel1969
swashbuckler1975
chick lit1988
splatterpunk1988
Aga saga1992
1961 F. Leiber in Ancalagon Apr. 6 At any rate, I'll use sword-and-sorcery as a good popular catchphrase for the field.
1979 Boys' Life Sept. 19 (advt.) Swords & Sorcery role playing at its finest.
1987 J. N. Williamson How to write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Sci. Fiction 79 Sword and sorcery attempts to combine the vigor of the..adventure story with the heroic grandeur of the old epics: Beowulf, The Song of Roland, and the like.
1990 Thrust Winter 30/3 Sci fi was applied to the most miserable sort of juvenile fiction.., even to sword & sorcery fiction and alternate universe novels.
2013 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. (Television section) 1 In the third week of its third season, HBO's sword and sorcery series..hit a viewership record with 4.7 million.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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