Fantasy, myth, and the measure of truth
Subtitle: tales of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald, and Hoffman
By: William Gray.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780230005051
Subjects: Pullman, Philip, -- 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation; Lewis, C. S. -- 1898-1963 -- Criticism and interpretation; Tolkien, J. R. R. -- 1892-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation; MacDonald, George, -- 1824-1905 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hoffmann, E. T. A. -- 1776-1822 -- Criticism and interpretation; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism; Literature and myth
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: German roots and mangelwurzels; title: George MacDonald's marvellous medicine; title: J.R.R. Tolkien and the love of faery; title: C.S. Lewis: reality and the radiance of myth; title: Measuring truth: Lyra's story.