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The fantasy tradition in American literature : from Irving to Le Guin

Author: Brian Attebery
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1980.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Includes chapters on L. Frank Baum and Ursula Le Guin, with material on Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Branch Cabell, H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Edward Eager, and James Thurber, among others.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Attebery, Brian, 1951-
Fantasy tradition in American literature.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1980
(OCoLC)567794331
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Brian Attebery
ISBN: 0253356652 9780253356659
OCLC Number: 6304296
Description: viii, 212 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Preface --
ch. 1. Locating fantasy --
ch. 2. Fantasy and the folk tradition --
ch. 3. Belief, legend, and romance --
ch. 4. Fantasy for American children --
ch. 5. Oz --
ch. 6. Fantasy and escape --
ch. 7. The Baum tradition --
ch. 8. After Tolkien.
Responsibility: Brian Attebery.

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Includes chapters on L. Frank Baum and Ursula Le Guin, with material on Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Rice Burroughs, James Branch Cabell, H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Edward Eager, and James Thurber, among others.

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