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Alan Garner

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Fantasy Literature
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A brief introduction to the British fantasy writer, Alan Garner.
This short lecture offers an overview of the fantasy writer Alan Garner's early fiction, from 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' to 'Red Shift', and traces several of Garner's mythological sources and the central themes of his work.

Felix Taylor is a DPhil candidate in English at St Hugh's College. His thesis explores the influence of Welsh mythology and folklore in twentieth-century British fiction.

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Fantasy Literature
People
Felix Taylor
Keywords
fantasy
fiction
British writers
literary
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 12/05/2020
Duration: 00:08:54

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