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The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women
Author: Arlene Williams (Editor), Richard Glyn-Jones (Editor)
Fantasy, as novelist Russ contends in her introduction to this impressive collection, gives women "the method to handle the specifically female elements of their experience in a way that our literary tradition of realism was not designed to do." Editors Williams and Jones take a very broad view of what constitutes fantasy: the collection, compri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140243369
ISBN-10: 0140243364
Publication Date: 1/1/1997
Pages: 576
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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38 short stories written by women from 1941 to the present. As acclaimed fantasists such as Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. Le Guin or Lisa Tuttle, new voices from four continents and writers better know for other fictions - including Elizabeth Bowen, Muriel Spark, Fay Weldon, P.D. James and Angela Carter - explore every aspect of the weird and the macabre, of emotion and eroticism, so you, too, can discover the range and complexity of supremely well-written fantasy.
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Huge book. Has enough stories in it to keep you reading for a while. very enjoyable.


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