Marvellous Codes: The Fiction of Margaret Mahy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Marvellous Codes: The Fiction of Margaret Mahy
By (Author) E Hale
By (author) S.
By (author) Sarah Fiona Winters
Te Herenga Waka University Press
Victoria University Press
13th October 2005
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
823.2
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
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 Bio
Elizabeth Hale is a lecturer in English at the University of New EnglandNew South Wales and is a researcher in Victorian literature. Sarah Fiona Winters is a professor of English at the University of TorontoOntario.
