In Defence of Fantasy: a Study of the Genre in English and American Literature Since 1945
by Swinfen, Ann
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0710095252
- ISBN 13
- 9780710095251
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1984. Paperback edition. Some creasing to spine, minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Looks at the "Fantasy"novel since the mid 1940s, mainly at what might be thought of now as juvenile fiction such as Mary Norton's "Borrowers", Lloyd Alexander's "Chronicles of Prydain", Ursula K le Guin's "Earthsea Trilogy" (as was) and "The Chronicles of Narnia" by C S Lewis. 253pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012254
- Title
- In Defence of Fantasy: a Study of the Genre in English and American Literature Since 1945
- Author
- Swinfen, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0710095252
- ISBN 13
- 9780710095251
- Publisher
- Routledge & Keegan Paul
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Earthsea, Borrowers, Narnia, Prydain,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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