Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' tex...

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Main Authors Hunt, Peter, Lenz, Millicent
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2005
Continuum
Edition1
SeriesContemporary classics of children's literature
Subjects
Children's stories, American
Children's stories, English
Fantasy fiction, American
Fantasy fiction, English
History and criticism
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Summary:This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Sypglass.
ISBN:0826477607
9780826477606