Of modern dragons : and other essays on genre fiction / John Lennard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennard, John.

Series:

Genere Fiction Monographs

Humanities-Ebooks genre fiction monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, English.

Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Detective and mystery stories, English--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, English.

Detective and mystery stories, American--History and criticism.

Detective and mystery stories, American.

Science fiction, English--History and criticism.

Science fiction, English.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tirril : Humanities-Ebooks, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A volume of essays exploring some of the best genre fiction of the last 40 years, including workk 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 Gui

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Copyright and Licence""; ""Title Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""The Author""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Illustrations""; ""Fafnir""; ""Ouroboros""; ""Mount Meru""; ""DNA""; ""Tortall and Hinterland""; ""1. Of Serial Readers ""; ""2. Of Purgatory and Yorkshire""; ""3. Of Pseudonyms and Sentiment""; ""4. Of Modern Dragons""; ""5. Of Aliens in Africa""; ""6. Of Organelles""; ""7. Of Stormwings and Valiant Women""; ""Bibliography""; ""Chapter 1 ""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6 ""; ""Chapter 7 ""; ""SIGHTLINES ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-04033-2

9786612040337

1-84760-038-7

OCLC:

923145024