Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction |
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| Author:
| Hunt, Peter
Lenz, Millicent |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8264-2077-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $40.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.