Description
Book SynopsisThis book critically examines Le Guin's fiction for all ages, and it will be of great interest to her many admirers and to all students and scholars of children's literature.
Trade Review2006 Locus Magazine Award for Best Non-Fiction
"A book like Cadden's is long overdue. I found Cadden's categories useful, his approaches enlightening, and his obvious love for the material congenial." - Children's Literature Association
Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1: Le Guin’s Continuum of Anthropomorphism
Chapter 2: Connecting Characters on the Continuum of Viewpoint
Chapter 3: Home as Travel Through Time and Place
Chapter 4: Earthsea: Crossover Series of Multiple Continua
Chapter 5: Always Coming Home: Childhood, Children’s Stories, and the Child Reader
Chapter 6: Ethics and the Continuum of Hope: Genre and Audience
Chapter 7: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
