Dictionary of Imaginary Places

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$59.30 - $81.72
UPC:
9780025793101
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
1980-01-01
Author:
Manguel;Greenfield
Language:
english
Edition:
1st Edition

Product Overview

Throughout the ages, writers have created an astonishing diversity of imaginary places, worlds of enchantment, horror and delight. This guidebook takes the reader on a tour of more than 1200 imaginary cities, islands, countries, and contintents, from Homer to the late 1990s. Places visited include Atlantis, Dracula's Castle, Middle Earth, Baskerville Hall, Utopia, and Earthsea. The inspiration comes from writers as diverse as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Sir Arthur Conan doyle, L. Frank Baum, C.S. Lewis, John Lennon, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Graham Greene.

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