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In defence of fantasy: A study of the genre in English and American literature since 1945
In defence of A study of the genre in English and American literature since 1945 Ann In defence of A study of the genre in English and American literature since 1945 Routledge and Kegan FIRST First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1984. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new with price sticker on front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.Seller 346129 Literature We Buy Books! Collections - Libraries - Estates - Individual Titles. Message us if you have books to sell!
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Ann Swinfen
46 books217 followersAnn Swinfen spent her childhood partly in England and partly on the east coast of America. She read Classics and Mathematics at Oxford, where she married a fellow undergraduate, the historian David Swinfen. While bringing up their five children and studying for an MSc in Mathematics and a BA and PhD in English Literature, she had a variety of jobs, including university lecturer, translator, freelance journalist and software designer.
She served for nine years on the governing council of the Open University and for five years worked as a manager and editor in the technical author division of an international computer company, but gave up her full-time job to concentrate on her writing, while continuing part-time university teaching. In 1995 she founded Dundee Book Events, a voluntary organisation promoting books and authors to the general public.
Her first three novels, The Anniversary, The Travellers, and A Running Tide, all with a contemporary setting but also an historical resonance, were published by Random House, with translations into Dutch and German. Her fourth novel, The Testament of Mariam, marked something of a departure. Set in the first century, it recounts, from an unusual perspective, one of the most famous and yet ambiguous stories in human history. At the same time it explores life under a foreign occupying force, in lands still torn by conflict to this day. Her latest novel, Flood, is set in the fenlands of East Anglia during the seventeenth century, where the local people fought desperately to save their land from greedy and unscrupulous speculators.
She now lives on the northeast coast of Scotland, with her husband (formerly vice-principal of the University of Dundee), a cocker spaniel and two Maine Coon cats.
She served for nine years on the governing council of the Open University and for five years worked as a manager and editor in the technical author division of an international computer company, but gave up her full-time job to concentrate on her writing, while continuing part-time university teaching. In 1995 she founded Dundee Book Events, a voluntary organisation promoting books and authors to the general public.
Her first three novels, The Anniversary, The Travellers, and A Running Tide, all with a contemporary setting but also an historical resonance, were published by Random House, with translations into Dutch and German. Her fourth novel, The Testament of Mariam, marked something of a departure. Set in the first century, it recounts, from an unusual perspective, one of the most famous and yet ambiguous stories in human history. At the same time it explores life under a foreign occupying force, in lands still torn by conflict to this day. Her latest novel, Flood, is set in the fenlands of East Anglia during the seventeenth century, where the local people fought desperately to save their land from greedy and unscrupulous speculators.
She now lives on the northeast coast of Scotland, with her husband (formerly vice-principal of the University of Dundee), a cocker spaniel and two Maine Coon cats.
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December 4, 2013
A good study of the fantasy genre and its sub-categories (animal fantasy, worlds in parallel, secondary worlds, etc.). It could be used by aspiring fantasy authors to learn the various sub-genres and their construction. I do, however, disagree with Swinfen's analysis of the writings of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Though the title has "defense" in it, the genre hardly needs one. I think the actual defense was not mentioned until the last chapter, where the author mentions the genre has been accused of being escapism with no basis or connection to the primary world. The whole proves the point that fantasy is relevant and even needed. And I like that thought.
March 20, 2014
In defense of Fantasy by Ann Swinfen is extensive view of defining and approaching fantasy. The Basic important question related about fantasy, such as, what is fantasy, what is the goal behind it, or what makes it unique and a different from the realist fiction. She examines fantasy works since 1945, and she raises the question of does Tolkien had made this type of fiction more acceptable. Ann puts a hand on the morals behind most of fantasy fiction, and not only in the British works, but also in the American too. She also put the light on the post war writers, who presented to the world a masterpiece like J.J.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Ring. Its a good book for any students want to learn about fantasy, and that how I found it.
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