From East to West: The Portrayal of Nature in British Fantasy and its Projection in Ursula K. Le Guin's Western American "Earthsea" (Critical Perspectives on English and American Literature, Communication and Culture, #27)

by Martin Simonson and Jon Alkorta Martiartu

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The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks to disclose how the natural world has been depicted within this genre during different periods, drawing a comparison between the British tradition of fantasy literature and Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea cycle. Le Guin adheres to the general traits of the genre up to a point, but as a woman of the 20th century living in the American West, her works also deviate from the received tradition in many significant ways.

  • ISBN13 9783034342506
  • Publish Date 21 May 2021
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CH
  • Imprint Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften