Re: children's fantasy

From: Edward James (E.F.James@READING.AC.UK)
Date: Mon May 19 1997 - 02:47:38 PDT


On Mon, 19 May 1997, farah mendlesohn wrote:

> re: Joan Aiken and Dido Twite.
>
>
> This is part of a long and not always directly connected series set in
> a nineteenth century England (and sometimes America) where the
> Stuarts are still on the throne and there are periodic Hanoverian
> revolts. See St. James Press, Encyclopedia of Fantasy for a good
> listing of Aiken's work. Below is a rough outline of those which spring
> immediately to mind.

That's the St James Guide to Fantasy, ed. David Pringle. And, yes, there
is a good guide to Aiken's fantasies there. (I wrote it...)

Edward James

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