Adaptations are original cultural entities that can imitate, question, re-write, or reinterpret their source material for new audiences.
- Professor of Fantasy and Children's Literature, Co-Director, Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic, University of Glasgow
Héritant de quelques traits de Saint-Nicolas et du folklore américain, le père Noël inventé par Tolkien pour ses enfants préfigure aussi le monde des Hobbits. Un classique pour attendre les fêtes.
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Quenya, Sindarin, Klingon and Dothraki – there’s an art to making up languages.
Carroll’s pivotal children’s classic offers a timeless mystery for generations to come.
Children’s fantasy has become a lucrative global industry, and duly producers are plumbing all kinds of magical authors. Enid Blyton’s Magic Faraway Tree is only the latest children’s classic destined…
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