A Little More Magic

11Feb10

Yesterday I quoted Alison Lurie. I love her book Don’t Tell The Grownups. She’s right. Good kidlit is always subversive. Anyway, she answered her own question about “why magic” by starting with the “usual explanation . . . magic provides an escape from reality or expresses fears and wishes.” And it makes those fears and […]

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Tags: Alison Lurie, Don't Tell the Grownups, magic, Matilda, Raould Dahl

A Little Magic

10Feb10

Currently reading Ursula Le Guin’s Lavinia. I love it so far and I’ll talk about it when I’m done. I loved the Aeneid, so I was a little apprehensive, but my fears do not appear justified. Fairy tales are just folk tales with a magical element, and magic is important: it isn’t just confined to […]

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Tags: Lev Grossman, magic, Matilda, Raould Dahl