Margaret Mahy's extraordinary young-adult novels are examined by leading scholars in this collection of critical essays. Considering the ways that fantasy provides both adventure and security for adolescents, the discussion centres on the role of witches, pirates, ghosts, and tricksters in Mahy's tales.
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Margaret Mahy's extraordinary young-adult novels are examined by leading scholars in this collection of critical essays. Considering the ways that fantasy provides both adventure and security for adolescents, the discussion centres on the role of witches, pirates, ghosts, and tricksters in Mahy's tales.
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Leading local and international scholars explore some of the multifarious themes of Margaret Mahy's extraordinary young adult novels. Essays include: 'Solid All the Way Through: Margaret Mahy's Ordinary Witches', 'Telling Stories of Desire: The Power of Authorship in The Changeover and The Amber Spyglass' and 'Gardening in Eden: Margaret Mahy's Postcolonial Ghosts and the New Zealand Landscape'.
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Elizabeth Hale is a lecturer in English at the University of New England–New South Wales and is a researcher in Victorian literature. Sarah Fiona Winters is a professor of English at the University of Toronto–Ontario.
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