Readers In Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction

by Deborah O'Keefe

Readers in Wonderland ranges from William Steig's small picture books to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic series; from utopias like L. Frank Baum's Oz to dystopias like Virginia Hamilton's Dustland; from less known works like Patricia Wrightson's to the phenomenon that is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.

Genres: Literary Criticism, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2003

About the author

Ms. O'Keefe has taught at Vassar College and Manhattanville, raised a family of writer sons, and now lives in Westchester, NY.

Reviews

[Eleanor]

Got to page 26. I had to leave university and despite my casual interest in this book, it wasn't strong enough to make me read this book intensely and quickly enough to get it finished in time to return to the university library

[katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad, but the author's judgments really got on my nerves.