Encyclopedia of Fantasy And Horror Fiction - 9780816061921
Un libro in lingua di Don D'Ammassa edito da Facts on File, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction provides comprehensive coverage of the major authors and works in these popular genres. Each entry includes a brief discussion of the author's life and work and includes a full bibliography. Each entry on a particular work also analyzes its literary merits and place within the tradition of fantasy and horror.
This essential volume focuses on hundreds of writers, including many whose work is taught in high school and college, such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, R.L. Stine, and Bram Stoker. Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction also includes entries on such works as the Harry Potter series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, and many more.
Coverage includes:
- Pivotal writers, such as Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens, Stephen King, C.S. Lewis, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, R.L. Stine, Bram Stoker, J.R.R. Tolkien, and others
- Fantasy and horror works recognized as standards on high school reading lists, such as Frankenstein, Gulliver's Travels, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," and The Picture of Dorian Gray
- Best sellers and new classics, such as each volume of the Harry Potter series and of Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials
- Perennial favorites, such as each volume of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and many more.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Encyclopedia of Fantasy And Horror Fiction
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Don D'Ammassa
- Editore: Facts on File
- Collana: (Hardcover)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 28 Gennaio '06
- Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
- Argomenti : Fantasy fiction, English Encyclopedias Fantasy fiction, American Encyclopedias Horror tales, American Encyclopedias
- Pagine: 448
- Dimensioni mm: 241 x 196 x 25
- ISBN-10: 0816061920
- EAN-13: 9780816061921