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Marvellous Codes: The Fiction of Margaret Mahy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Marvellous Codes: The Fiction of Margaret Mahy
Authors and Contributors      By (author) E Hale
By (author) S. (Eds) Winters
By (author) Sarah Fiona Winters
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:272
Category/GenreLiterature - history and criticism
ISBN/Barcode 9780864735164
ClassificationsDewey:823.2
Audience
General
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Victoria University Press
Publication Date 13 October 2005
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Leading local and international scholars explore some of the multifarious themes of Margaret Mahy's extraordinary young adult novels. Essays include: 'Solid All the Way Through: Margaret Mahy's Ordinary Witches', 'Telling Stories of Desire: The Power of Authorship in The Changeover and The Amber Spyglass' and 'Gardening in Eden: Margaret Mahy's Postcolonial Ghosts and the New Zealand Landscape'.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Hale is a lecturer in English at the University of New England-New South Wales and is a researcher in Victorian literature. Sarah Fiona Winters is a professor of English at the University of Toronto-Ontario.