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Of Modern Dragons

And Other Essays on Genre Fiction
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These essays explore some of the best genre fiction of the last 40 years, including work by Reginald Hill, Thomas Harris, Dorothy L. Sayers, Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb (since 2000 the world's best-selling novelist) , J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, Ian McDonald, Octavia E. Butler, and The Tortallan World of Tamora Pierce.

Author Biography:

John Lennard has taught English Literature in Cambridge and elsewhere for years, and is presently Professor of British and American Literature at UWI--Mona. His other publications include But I Digress (Clarendon, 1991), The Poetry Handbook (OUP, 1996; 2/e 2005), The Drama Handbook (with Mary Luckhurst, OUP, 2002), the Literature Insights Hamlet (HEB, 2007), and Genre Fiction Sightlines on Octavia Butler, Reginald Hill, Ian McDonald, Walter Mosley, and Tamora Pierce (all HEB, 2007). He is General Editor of the HEB Genre Fiction Sightlines and Monographs series.
Release date Australia
September 1st, 2008
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Audiences
  • A / AS level
  • Further/Higher Education
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Secondary
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Pages
268
Dimensions
189x246x14
ISBN-13
9781847600691
Product ID
11281990

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