Fabulous monsters :
Manguel, Alberto.
Fabulous monsters : Dracula, Alice, Superman, and other literary friends / Alberto Mangue ; with illustration by the author. - xxiii, 230 pages : ill. ; 20 cm
Advanced uncorrected page proof
Monsieur Bovary -- Little Red Riding Hood -- Dracula -- Alice -- Faust -- Gertrude -- Superman -- Don Juan -- Lilith -- The wandering Jew -- Sleeping Beauty -- Phoebe -- Hsing-chen -- Jim -- The chimera -- Robinson Crusoe -- Queequeg -- Tyrant Banderas
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles
Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel’s favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet’s mother, and Dr. Frankenstein’s maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel’s own “doodles” complete this delightful and magical book.
-- Publisher.
9780300247381 : (pbk.)
2019936416
Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll)
Juan, Don (Legendary character)
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 Dracula --Citicism and interpretation
Quasimodo, Salvatore, 1901-1968.
Authors, Canadian--Books and reading.--20th century
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Books and reading--Sociological aspects.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Fairy tales--Appreciation--Fiction.
PR9199.3.M34845 / F33 2019
818.607
Fabulous monsters : Dracula, Alice, Superman, and other literary friends / Alberto Mangue ; with illustration by the author. - xxiii, 230 pages : ill. ; 20 cm
Advanced uncorrected page proof
Monsieur Bovary -- Little Red Riding Hood -- Dracula -- Alice -- Faust -- Gertrude -- Superman -- Don Juan -- Lilith -- The wandering Jew -- Sleeping Beauty -- Phoebe -- Hsing-chen -- Jim -- The chimera -- Robinson Crusoe -- Queequeg -- Tyrant Banderas
An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles
Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel’s favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet’s mother, and Dr. Frankenstein’s maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel’s own “doodles” complete this delightful and magical book.
-- Publisher.
9780300247381 : (pbk.)
2019936416
Alice (Fictitious character from Carroll)
Juan, Don (Legendary character)
Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character)
Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912 Dracula --Citicism and interpretation
Quasimodo, Salvatore, 1901-1968.
Authors, Canadian--Books and reading.--20th century
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Books and reading--Sociological aspects.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Fairy tales--Appreciation--Fiction.
PR9199.3.M34845 / F33 2019
818.607