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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452541703321

Autore

Mendlesohn Farah

Titolo

Diana Wynne Jones : children's literature and the fantastic tradition / / Farah Mendlesohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

0-415-87289-8

0-203-95794-6

1-135-46128-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (275 p.)

Collana

Children's literature and culture ; ; volume 36

Disciplina

823/.914

B

Soggetti

Children's stories, English - History and criticism

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Half-title; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Critical Fictions of Diana Wynne Jones; Chapter 1 Wilkins' Tooth ; Chapter 2 Agency and Jones's Understanding of Adolescence; Chapter 3 Time Games; Chapter 4 Diana Wynne Jones and the Portal-Quest Fantasy; Chapter 5 The Immersive Fantasy; Chapter 6 Making the Mundane Fantastic, or Liminal Fantasy; Chapter 7 A Mad Kind of Reasonableness; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliographies; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.