Format:
XVI, 755 S.
,
Ill.
Edition:
Newly updated and expanded
ISBN:
0151005419
Content:
"From Atlantis to Xanadu, this Baedeker of make-believe takes readers on a tour of more than 1,200 realms invented by storytellers from Homer's day to our own." "Most every fanciful world from books and film is included: Shangri-La and El Dorado are here, as is Utopia, Tolkien's Middle-earth, and Carroll's Wonderland, as well as the Beatles' Pepperland, the Marx Brothers' Freedonia, and a strange little town called Stepford. The history and behavior of the inhabitants of these lands are described in detail and supplemented by more than 220 maps and illustrations that depict the lay of the land in a host of elsewheres." "Now brought up-to-date with dozens of new entries for such places as Jurassic Park, Salman Rushdie's Sea of Stories, and Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, this volume is even more comprehensive and entertaining."--BOOK JACKET.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Traumland
;
Literatur
;
Schauplatz
;
Fantastische Literatur
;
Schauplatz
;
Imaginärer Schauplatz
;
Literatur
;
Wörterbuch
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Publisher description
Author information:
Guadalupi, Gianni 1943-
Author information:
Manguel, Alberto 1948-
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