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Title: Literary Wonderlands: A Journey through the Greatest Fictional Worlds Ever Created
Author: MILLER LAURA (EDITOR)
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/11/2016
Imprint: HARDIE GRANT
Price: $40.00
Publishing status: Active
From the advent of the first works of literature many millenniaago, writers have used imaginary worlds both to entertain theirreaders and to examine concepts, highlight key issues andconsider their personal beliefs about the society, naturalsurroundings and experience of being of which they are a part.Lovingly researched and beautifully produced, LiteraryWonderlandsexplores the most fantastic and influential fictionalworlds in literary history and delves into the captivating featuresof their formation – from the writer’s own lives to the relevanceof their fiction within a broader social context and the meaningthat can be extracted from the details of their composition.This truly global collection draws on texts from around theworld, spanning over two thousand years of creative endeavourto offer up enchanting and universally appealing tales ofimaginary worlds, old and new.Roaming from well-knownworlds to less traversed terrain,Literary Wonderlandsis afascinating read for anyone whohas ever been transported toanother place through the power of the written world.
ISBN: 9781743792803
Pages: 320