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Laddar... Spells and Bindings (Enchanted World Series) (urspr publ 1984; utgåvan 1985)av Time Life Education
VerksinformationSpells and Bindings (Enchanted World) av Time-Life Books (1984)
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Ingår i serienEnchanted World (10)
Double edged power--Webs of enchantment--Deliverance from magic's coils. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I anticipated a delving into the history of myths, a through-the-years overview of legends which have spells and binding as their key elements and some kind of study around how those legends were produced and evolved, noteworthy running themes, how the morals linked to their times, comparison of cultures, etc.
No effort was made along these lines. The entire volume speaks of laziness. Even the artwork, the element I was most prepared to praise, turns out to be entirely from secondary sources and nothing was commissioned. There’s a list of sources at the back, but no footnotes or endnotes refer to them. Transitions are weak and poorly marked, the layout interruptive. The overall impression is a hastily gathered body of research was collected from which a number of euro-centric stories were cited and then linked through a running narrative. The book’s narrative commentates on the dangers of the fairy world, etc., but presents no thesis and has no substantial introduction or conclusion concerning its topic.
The content isn’t entertaining enough for passing on to a youth, its most familiar stories more engagingly told in my young son’s generic fairy tales collection. Presumably every volume is similarly written. This series was a money grab, displaying only just enough effort and substance to prevent its being returned to the publisher by the truckload. ( )