What is "high" Fantasy?

Question

just curious what the difference is.

Answer 1

From Pumping your Muse:

High Fantasy

High Fantasy can also fall under the Epic Fantasy category. Lords and ladies sporting medieval styles grace the pages and plots of High Fantasy. Here too, you'll find dragons, knights, castles and kingdoms. The theme of High Fantasy often focuses on good vs. evil and is rooted in medieval European legends or mythology.

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From Fantasy Book Review:

High fantasy

This form is sometimes also called epic fantasy. Integral to a high fantasy story is the struggle between good and evil, for example the battle between Gandalf the White and the Dark Lord Sauron strongly illustrates this point. The outcome of these struggles normally carries world-altering consequences and a strong moral vein running throughout differentiates a high fantasy novel from that of sword and sorcery. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson is another great example of high fantasy.

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Answer 2

First thing that comes to mind is The Lord of the Rings.  

This may help you, from the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantas...

An additional source: http://www.warr.org/highfantasy.html