Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

This book provides a guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass.

• Author
• Peter Hunt, Millicent Lenz

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 174

• Publisher
• Continuum International Publishing Group

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780826449368

• Genres
• criticism, childrens, academic

• Release date
• 2001