Literary Wonderlands

Literary Wonderlands
Author :
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
Total Pages : 361
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780316547734
ISBN-13 : 0316547735
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Literary Wonderlands by : Laura Miller

Download or read book Literary Wonderlands written by Laura Miller and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glorious collection that delves deep into the inception, influences, and literary and historical underpinnings of nearly 100 of our most beloved fictional realms. Literary Wonderlands is a thoroughly researched, wonderfully written, and beautifully produced book that spans four thousand years of creative endeavor. From Spenser's The Fairie Queene to Wells's The Time Machine to Murakami's 1Q84 it explores the timeless and captivating features of fiction's imagined worlds including the relevance of the writer's own life to the creation of the story, influential contemporary events and philosophies, and the meaning that can be extracted from the details of the work. Each piece includes a detailed overview of the plot and a "Dramatis Personae." Literary Wonderlands is a fascinating read for lovers of literature, fantasy, and science fiction. Laura Miller is the book's general editor. Co-founder of Salon.com, where she worked as an editor and writer for 20 years, she is currently a books and culture columnist at Slate. A journalist and a critic, her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, the Guardian, and the New York Times Book Review, where she wrote the "Last Word" column for two years. She is the author of The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia and editor of the Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors.


Literary Wonderlands Related Books

Literary Wonderlands
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Laura Miller
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-01 - Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A glorious collection that delves deep into the inception, influences, and literary and historical underpinnings of nearly 100 of our most beloved fictional rea
Wonderlands of the Avant-Garde
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Julia Vaingurt
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-05-31 - Publisher: Northwestern University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In postrevolutionary Russia, as the Soviet government was initiating a program of rapid industrialization, avant-garde artists declared their intent to serve th
Alice in Wonderland
Language: en
Pages: 102
Authors: Lewis Carroll
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-09-25 - Publisher: Seven Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a
Little Book of Alice in Wonderland: Wonderland's Wit & Wisdom
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Hippo! Orange
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Little Book Of

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A collection of Wonderland quotations, showcasing not only the most recognisable bon mots of Wonderland, but the hidden depths and deeper meanings to be found w
The Place of Lewis Carroll in Children's Literature
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Jan Susina
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-01 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this volume, Jan Susina examines the importance of Lewis Carroll and his popular Alice books to the field of children’s literature. From a study of Carroll