Ursula K. Le Guin

A Critical Companion

Susan M Bernardo author Graham J Murphy author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Sep '06

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Explore Ursula K. Le Guin's fictional masterpieces in this comprehensive study, ideal for high school and undergraduate students.

This comprehensive analysis of Le Guin's work will leave readers anxious for her future endeavors.


After a biography that focuses on Le Guin's interest in science fiction, this study delves into analyses of Le Guin's most well-known works, with emphasis on plot, as well as thematic and character development.

Though science fiction has existed as a literary genre for well over a century, a working definition of the term has yet to be determined. Ursula K. Le Guin, who emerged as a popular science fiction and fantasy writer in the 1960s, has not only witnessed, but also experienced first-hand the shifts and transformations of this increasingly popular genre. Delve into her fantastical worlds and investigate several of her famous works in this study ideal for high school and undergraduate students. Learn about the author's life and decade-spanning career, as well as her numerous literary achievements. This comprehensive analysis of Le Guin's work will leave readers anxious for her future endeavors.

As part of a series on popular and critically-acclaimed authors selected by high school teachers and librarians, this volume features the works of Portland, Oregon-based writer Ursula Le Guin. The brief biography of her upbringing by noted anthropologists helps explain why Le Guin considers her writing to transcend science fiction/fantasy. Bernardo and Murphy offer readings of a dozen of her works from The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) to Tales from Eathsea (2001), a list of her many awards, and a recent e-mail interview. * Reference & Research Book News *
For those unfamiliar with Le Guin's work, it is an effective introduction. * Interzone *
Susan Bernardo and Graham Murphy provide a useful, up-to-date reference work for intellectually-oriented fans, advanced high school and undergraduate students, and even graduate students and more advanced scholars in need of a thorough introduction to or a quick update on the foremost woman sf and fantasy writer today. * Science Fiction Studies *

ISBN: 9780313332258

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

216 pages