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Reflections : on the magic of writing
- Title
- Reflections : on the magic of writing / Diana Wynne Jones.
- Author
- Jones, Diana Wynne
- Publication
- New York : Greenwillow Books, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-7856 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxx, 368 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "This collection of more than twenty-five critical essays, speeches, and biographical pieces written and/or chosen by Diana Wynne Jones will be required reading for the author's many fans and for students and teachers of the genre. Reflections includes insightful literary criticism alongside autobiographical anecdotes about reading tours (including an account of the author's famous travel jinx), revelations about the origins of the author's books, and thoughts in general about the life of an author and the value of writing. The longest autobiographical piece, "Something About the Author," details Diana's extraordinary childhood and is illustrated with family photographs. Reflections is essential reading for anyone interested in Diana Wynne Jones's work, fantasy, or creative writing. With a foreword by Neil Gaiman, introduction and interview by Charlie Butler, bibliography, and index. "Various threads run through this collection, but by far the strongest is that of the need for fantasy in all its many facets and its value for children and adults alike. It is my hope that some of these items will be of use to people."-Diana Wynne Jones "Her writings assembled in one place tell us how she thought about literature and the reasons for literature, about the place of children's fiction in the world, about the circumstances that shaped her and her own understanding and vision of who she was and what she did. It is ferociously intelligent, astonishingly readable, and as with so much that Diana Wynne Jones did, she makes each thing she writes, each explanation for why the world is as it is, look so easy."-Neil Gaiman"--
- Presents a collection of essays, speeches, and biographical pieces that offer literary criticism and anecdotes about reading tours, the origins of the author's books, and thoughts in general about the life of an author and the value of writing.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published: London : David Fickling Books, 2012.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-362) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-7856
- ISBN
- 9780062219893
- 0062219898
- LCCN
- 2012018080
- OCLC
- 783159223
- 2012018080
- Author
- Jones, Diana Wynne, author.
- Title
- Reflections : on the magic of writing / Diana Wynne Jones.
- Imprint
- New York : Greenwillow Books, 2012.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-362) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-7856