2012 Jan. 20 Imaginary Worlds: Forms of Fantasy
SESSION 2
In The Nursery: fantasy works written for children
In The Nursery: fantasy works written for children
- Lewis Carroll. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 1865.
- J. M. Barrie. Peter and Wendy. 1911. [This novel first appeared as a stage play, Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up, in 1904]
- T. H. White. The Sword in the Stone. 1938. [Eventually collected with its 3 sequels as The Once and Future King, in 1958. A final volume, The Book of Merlyn, appeared in 1977.]
- Ursula K. LeGuin. A Wizard of Earthsea. 1968. [There are 4 other Earthsea novels, and several short stories. The most recent novel is The Other Wind, 2001.]
- Salman Rushdie. Haroun and the Sea of Stories. London, 1990. Selected Other Works:
- Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. 1871.
- Susan Cooper. The Dark is Rising [there are 5 books in total, the first of which is Over Sea, Under Stone]. 1965-1975.
- Michael Ende. The Neverending Story. Trans. Ralph Manheim. New York, 1983.
- C. S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia [there are 7 books in total, the first of which is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe]. 1950-1956
- George MacDonald. At the Back of the North Wind. 1871. George MacDonald. The Princess and the Goblin. 1872
- J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 1997 [six more Harry Potter novels followed, most recently Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007].
- John Ruskin. King of the Golden River. London, 1851.
- William Steig. Shrek! 1990.
- J. R. R. Tolkien. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again. 1937.
- E. B. White. Charlotte’s Web. 1952.
- Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince and Other Stories. 1888.
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2012
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tues. June 5, 2012 - 7pm
Guest Speaker
Dr. Peter Russell
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tues. June 5, 2012 - 7pm
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Dr. Peter Russell
OUR AILING PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
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