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On stories, and other essays on literature / C.S. Lewis ; edited by Walter Hooper. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (c)1982.Edition: first editionDescription: xxi, 153 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780151699643
  • 9780156027687
  • 9780156687881
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PR6023
  • PR6023.H788.O578 1982
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Contents:
The novels of Charles Williams -- A tribute to E.R. Eddison -- On three ways of writing for children -- Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said -- On juvenile tastes -- It all began with a picture ... -- On science fiction -- A reply to Professor Haldane -- The hobbit -- Tolkien's The lord of the rings -- A panegyric for Dorothy L. Sayers -- The mythopoeic gift of Rider Haggard -- George Orwell -- The death of words -- The Parthenon and the optative -- Period criticism -- Different tastes in literature -- On criticism -- Unreal estates.
Subject: A collection of essays celebrates the importance of the story in literature, with particular attention to fantasy and science fiction, genres the author helped foster in an age dominated by realistic fiction.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction PR6023.E926O5 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 31923001488457

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On stories -- The novels of Charles Williams -- A tribute to E.R. Eddison -- On three ways of writing for children -- Sometimes fairy stories may say best what's to be said -- On juvenile tastes -- It all began with a picture ... -- On science fiction -- A reply to Professor Haldane -- The hobbit -- Tolkien's The lord of the rings -- A panegyric for Dorothy L. Sayers -- The mythopoeic gift of Rider Haggard -- George Orwell -- The death of words -- The Parthenon and the optative -- Period criticism -- Different tastes in literature -- On criticism -- Unreal estates.

A collection of essays celebrates the importance of the story in literature, with particular attention to fantasy and science fiction, genres the author helped foster in an age dominated by realistic fiction.

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