Dimensions of Madeleine L'Engle
New Critical Approaches
Published on 3. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4766-6435-4 (ISBN)
Description
Best known for her Newbery Medal-winning novel A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) had a long and successful writing career. Her books enjoyed popular acclaim and she was in constant demand to give speeches, write forewords and advise and encourage younger authors. Yet her work--particularly her adult fiction--has been largely ignored by scholars. This collection of new essays gives overdue critical attention to L'Engle's complete body of work, from her familiar young adult fiction to her religious writings, poems and short stories.
Reviews / Votes
"It brings new angles, focus and scholarship to areas not much explored in L'Engle"-Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction; "a significant contribution to L'Engle criticism"-SFRA ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
notes, bibliographies, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-6435-4 (9781476664354)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Suzanne Bray is a professor of British literature and civilization at Lille Catholic University in the north of France. She specializes in the history of religious ideas and their place in popular culture in the 20th century. She has published extensively in French and English on various Christian authors including C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Charles Williams and Madeleine L'Engle.
Content
Table of Contents
Preface
New Directions in L'Engle Studies? (Suzanne Bray)
A Scientific Girl and Two Intuitive Boys: The Unconventional
Protagonists of A Wrinkle in Time (Anne-Frederique -Mochel-Caballero)
Thinking, Doing and Delaying Insemination in Madeleine L'Engle's Many Waters (Chantel Lavoie)
Narration of the Poet as a Young Woman: Intertextuality, Genre and -World-Building in L'Engle's Austin Family Novels (Carol S. Franko)
What Madeleine Inherited from Her "Grandfather George": The Influence of George MacDonald on Madeleine L'Engle in Her Children's Fantasy Books (Sophie Dillinger)
Madeleine L'Engle: An -Anti-Romantic Romantic? (Gregory G. Pepetone)
Discarded Image and Expanding Universe: The (Meta)physics of C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle (Naomi Wood)
A Problematic Sense of Place: Madeleine L'Engle's "White in the Moon the Long Road Lies" (Gerald Preher)
Of God and Women: The Evolution of Theology in L'Engle's Biblical Reimaginings (Emily Louise -Zimbrick-Rogers)
"And what should I do in Illyria?": Discovering the American South and Its Gods in Madeleine L'Engle's The Other Side of the Sun (Suzanne Bray)
Selected Works
About the Contributors
Index
Preface
New Directions in L'Engle Studies? (Suzanne Bray)
A Scientific Girl and Two Intuitive Boys: The Unconventional
Protagonists of A Wrinkle in Time (Anne-Frederique -Mochel-Caballero)
Thinking, Doing and Delaying Insemination in Madeleine L'Engle's Many Waters (Chantel Lavoie)
Narration of the Poet as a Young Woman: Intertextuality, Genre and -World-Building in L'Engle's Austin Family Novels (Carol S. Franko)
What Madeleine Inherited from Her "Grandfather George": The Influence of George MacDonald on Madeleine L'Engle in Her Children's Fantasy Books (Sophie Dillinger)
Madeleine L'Engle: An -Anti-Romantic Romantic? (Gregory G. Pepetone)
Discarded Image and Expanding Universe: The (Meta)physics of C.S. Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle (Naomi Wood)
A Problematic Sense of Place: Madeleine L'Engle's "White in the Moon the Long Road Lies" (Gerald Preher)
Of God and Women: The Evolution of Theology in L'Engle's Biblical Reimaginings (Emily Louise -Zimbrick-Rogers)
"And what should I do in Illyria?": Discovering the American South and Its Gods in Madeleine L'Engle's The Other Side of the Sun (Suzanne Bray)
Selected Works
About the Contributors
Index