By Peter Hunt, Lenz
This publication presents an illuminating consultant to literature that creates replacement worlds for younger readers. targeting the paintings of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the ebook considers either the style of 'alternative worlds' and the individuality of those authors' texts, together with Philip Pullman's The Amber Sypglass. Peter Hunt is Pofessor of English at Cardiff collage. Millicent Lenz is affiliate Professor on the kingdom college of latest York at Albany.
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