The Life and Works of David Lindsay

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Life and Works of David Lindsay
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Bernard Sellin
Translated by Kenneth Gunnell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:284
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreBiographies: Literary
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
Literary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780521034012
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 4 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 15 February 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

David Lindsay was a writer of fantasy fiction who died in 1945. He belongs to the tradition of modern fantasy, as distinct from science-fiction, which has its roots in the writings of, amongst others, George Macdonald, and has been maintained in the work of Charles Williams, Mervyn Peake and J. R. R. Tolkien. Lindsay took up a writing career rather late in life, however his name was known within literary circles and two eminent writers expressed their admiration for his work: L. H. Myers and C. S. Lewis. Indeed, Lewis wrote that Lindsay's most famous book, A Voyage to Arcturus, had exerted a strong influence on his own work. Interest in Lindsay has been growing steadily, and in this book, Bernard Sellin has written a comprehensive survey of Lindsay's life and work, analysing the thematic patterns of Lindsay's settings, plots and characters. It will be read with profit by all those who are interested both in Lindsay and in the genre of fantasy literature.