Dragons of Fantasy

by Anne C. Petty

This is an in-depth look at dragons in literature, from ancient myths and sagas to today's best fantasy writers. Examples are culled from many well-known books and Petty shows how each author develops... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593600100
• ISBN13: 9781593600105
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cold Spring Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

how to get under a dragon's skin

Who would have thought there was so much to know about writing about dragons. This was an eye opener, no doubt. Best analysis of Rowling from a completely new angle. Excellent survey of dragons from ancient times to modern. Highly recommended.

dragonlover

The chapter on Terry Pratchett is worth the whole cost of this book! Pratchett is my favorite writer and Anne Petty wrote one of the best explanations of what makes him funny and at the same time having genuine literary merit. The other chapters are just as good, especially the one on Tolkien which you would expect. I didn't even remember there was a dragon in the Sword of Truth books, but now I want to go back and reread the books that have Scarlet in them. New perspectives on old faves like McCaffrey, too. The Dragonology chapters are cool too.