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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Four British Fantasists explores the work of four of the most
successful and influential fantasy writers of the generation who
rose to prominence in the "second Golden Age" of children's
literature in Britain: Susan Cooper, Alan Garner, Diana Wynne
Jones, and Penelope Lively. Drawing on history, archeology, social
geography, anthropology, and postcolonial theory, as well as
literary criticism, Butler provides a series of new perspectives
through which to view these writers' achievements. He begins by
highlighting some points of biographic coincidence (e.g. all four
authors were children during WWII, all were born within a year or
two of each other, and all attended Oxford University in the early
1950s-when C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were publishing their
seminal fantasies) and questions if these factors play any
significant role in the development of these fantasy writers. The
author then uses this question as the springboard for a case study
in the assessment of biographical and literary influence. The book
also considers the role played by Britain itself in determining the
shape and preoccupations of these writers' fiction. Britain is a
land with a long history in which contemporary life is constantly
juxtaposed with evidence of the past in the form of ancient
buildings, historic sites, and archeological remains. By placing
the work of Cooper, Garner, Jones, and Lively in the context of
British culture and of their own time, Butler provides a key to
their fascination with history, mythology, and magic, and to the
ways in which that fascination has found expression in their
fiction. Students of children's literature and of fantasy
literature as well as readers who are interested in the lives of
these four subject authors will find this an insightful read.
A sinister and chilling ghost story from the author of THE FETCH OF
MARDY WATT and CALYPSO DREAMING. When Ossian reluctantly returns to
Lychfont House - a country house with pretensions to match - with
his artist father, he finds things bizarrely familiar and yet oddly
different. Reacquainting himself with the Frazer family, he finds
himself questioning the accuracy of certain childhood memories and
wondering why the place seems to hold such power over him. One
thing he IS sure of, however: the ghosts are still haunting him.
While Ossian puzzles over his existence, an ancient goddess
searches for her lost love. She must call in the Scryer to track
him down wherever he may be, for the wedding must go ahead. After
all, she and Ossian were made for each other... A timeslip ghost
story that will chill readers to the bone.
Enigmatic chiller from the author of Calypso Dreaming. Whatever
spell had been put on her was growing stronger. And suddenly,
rather than fear, she felt a rush of burning anger. How dare anyone
do this to her! How dare anyone steal her life! Something is
haunting Mardy Watt. It's been in her room, it's fooling her
friends and it's upsetting her home life. And the trouble is,
nobody realises what is happening except Mardy herself. Exactly why
the Fetch is picking on her, Mardy doesn't know - but she does know
that she has to find out, before it takes over and replaces her
completely.
An atmospheric fantasy, set on a remote island where the difference
between dreams and truth becomes blurred... Sweetholm is a small
island sheltering in the Bristol channel, best known for its
colonies of seabirds and seals and the picturesque ruins of St
Brigan's Priory. When Geoff and Hilary Robinson are offered the
opportunity to caretake a house there for the summer, they see it
as a perfect opportunity to work at patching up their marriage.
Their teenage daughter Tansy also welcomes it as a chance to put
behind her her unnerving and unsuccessful experiments in magic in
Bristol. But troubles cannot be so easily outrun and Sweetholm is
not the idyllic retreat is apears to be. It is one of the 'frayed
places of the world' where the line between ordinary life and
ancient magic has become wafer thin. And key to these events is
Calypso herself - a strange child whose round lidless eyes and
webbed feet hint at her ancestry. Her prophetic dreams have power -
but will anybody dare to understand the truth?
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