Readers in Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction

Readers in Wonderland ranges from William Steig's small picture books to J. R. R. Tolkien's epic series; from utopias like L. Frank Baum's Oz to dystopias like Virginia Hamilton's Dustland; from less known works like Patricia Wrightson's to the phenomenon that is J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter.

Author: Deborah O'Keefe
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.62w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780826416490

About the Author
Deborah O'Keefe is the author of Good Girl Messages: How Young Women Were Misled by Their Favorite Books (Continuum, 2000); Readers in Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction from Dorothy to Harry Potter (Continuum 2003); and articles in the New York Times and other publications. She has degrees from Smith, Cornell, and Columbia, and has taught at Vassar College and at Manhattanville College. She lives in Chappaqua, New York.