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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783948203321

Autore

Cadden Michael

Titolo

Ursula K. Le Guin beyond genre : fiction for children and adults / / Mike Cadden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-135-87361-5

1-280-10705-7

1-135-87362-3

0-203-99711-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Children's literature and culture ; ; v. 33

Disciplina

813.54

813/.54

Soggetti

Children's stories, American - History and criticism

Science fiction, American - History and criticism

Fantasy fiction, American - History and criticism

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 (p. 188-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Ursula K. Le GuinBeyond Genre; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1. Le Guin's Continuum of Anthropomorphism; Chapter 2. Connecting Characters on the Continuum of Viewpoint; Chapter 3. Home as Travel Through Time and Place; Chapter 4. Earthsea: Crossover Series of Multiple Continua; Chapter 5. Always Coming Home: Childhood, Children's Stories, and the Child Reader; Chapter 6. Ethics and the Continuum of Hope: Genre and Audience; Chapter 7. An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book critically examines Le Guin's fiction for all ages, and it will be of great interest to her many admirers and to all students and scholars of children's literature.