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Four British fantasists
place and culture in the children's fantasies of Penelope Lively, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne Jones, and Susan Cooper
By Butler, Charles H.
- ISBN
- 978-0-81085-242-6
- Publisher
- [Battle Creek, MI ] : Children's Literature Association ; 2006.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2006
A literate, illuminating look at four authors whom Butler calls, important contributors to the formation of a corpus of modern childrens literature]capable of bearing the weight of academic scrutiny. All four studied at Oxford while J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis were writing and lecturing, and Butler notes the influences that these men had on each writer. The text is divided into three major sections. Applied Archeology deals with the interpl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
