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Record Nr.

UNINA9910967499403321

Autore

Lennard John

Titolo

Of modern dragons : and other essays on genre fiction / / John Lennard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tirril, : Humanities-Ebooks, 2007

ISBN

1-282-04033-2

9786612040337

1-84760-038-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Humanities-Ebooks genre fiction monographs

Disciplina

823.08709

Soggetti

Fantasy fiction, English - History and criticism

Fantasy fiction, American - History and criticism

Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism

Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism

Science fiction, English - History and criticism

Science 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.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Copyright and Licence""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""The Author""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Illustrations""; ""Fafnir""; ""Ouroboros""; ""Mount Meru""; ""DNA""; ""Tortall and Hinterland""; ""1. Of Serial Readers ""; ""2. Of Purgatory and Yorkshire""; ""3. Of Pseudonyms and Sentiment""; ""4. Of Modern Dragons""; ""5. Of Aliens in Africa""; ""6. Of Organelles""; ""7. Of Stormwings and Valiant Women""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 1 ""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6 ""; ""Chapter 7 ""; ""SIGHTLINES ""

Sommario/riassunto

A volume of essays exploring some of the best genre fiction of the last 40 years, including workk by Reginald Hill, Thomas Harris, Dorothy L. Sayers, Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb (since 2000 the world's best-selling novelist), J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula Le Gui