A Stranger Shore: A Critical Introduction to the Work of Mollie Hunter
Betty Greenway
1998
208 pp.
0-8108-3469-3
$44.00
Mollie Hunter is a primarily self-educated Scottish author, whose range of published work covers many genres from children's stories, to realistic novels, to writings about the folklore and history of her native Scotland. She is an enticing literary figure, prominently translating her "passionate pleasure in the music and meaning of words" into wonderfully crafted works of literature. A Stranger Shore examines over thirty of Mollie Hunter's fantasies, historical novels, realistic novels of modern life, and nonfiction essays on writing for children. In this book, Greenway offers the first full-length study of the works of Mollie Hunter. It includes four main chapters of analysis of the four genres of her work and concludes with an insightful interview with Hunter in which she discusses the impetus for her work,her philosophy of writing, and her upcoming book for children. A Stranger Shore is intended as an introduction suitable for high school and college students, their teachers, and professionals concerned with children's and young adult literature by one of its most interesting and skillful contemporary practitioners.
Betty Greenway is Professor of English at Youngstown State University, where she teaches children's literature.
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