Literary Wonderlands: A Journey Through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
✍ Scribed by Miller, Laura (editor)
- Book ID
- 109186815
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 552 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780316547734
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
A glorious collection that delves deep into the inception, influences, and literary and historical underpinnings of nearly 100 of our most beloved fictional realms.
Please note: The ebook edition is text-only, illustrations are not included.
Literary Wonderlands is a thoroughly researched, wonderfully written, and beautifully produced book that spans two 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....