TY - BOOK AU - Martin Simonson AU - Jon Alkorta Martiartu PY - 2021 CY - Lausanne, Switzerland PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 2297-4628 SN - 9783034343275 TI - From East to West T2 - The Portrayal of Nature in British Fantasy and its Projection in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Western American "Earthsea" DO - 10.3726/b18357 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1059519 N2 - The portrayal of nature in the genre of fantasy fiction, from the Middle Ages to more modern times, has been conditioned by the diverging social, political and historical contexts. This book seeks to disclose how the natural world has been depicted within this genre during different periods, drawing a comparison between the British tradition of fantasy literature and Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea cycle. Le Guin adheres to the general traits of the genre up to a point, but as a woman of the 20th century living in the American West, her works also deviate from the received tradition in many significant ways. LA - English ER -