- Hardcover: 518 pages
- Publisher: World Almanac (Aug 28 1988)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0886873649
- ISBN-13: 978-0886873646
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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" . . . combines painstaking research with a style and wit that go straight to what you really want to know."--the Sunday Times
" . . . a fascinating and cunningly compulsive guide to the creations of both low and high-brow culture, encompassing the imaginative inventions of Dickens and Disney, providing hilarious juxtapositions and some enjoyable reminders of fictional characters we could be in danger of forgetting."--the Oxford Times
" . . . a fascinating and cunningly compulsive guide to the creations of both low and high-brow culture, encompassing the imaginative inventions of Dickens and Disney, providing hilarious juxtapositions and some enjoyable reminders of fictional characters we could be in danger of forgetting."--the Oxford Times
Book Description
Imaginary People is a delightfully entertaining and informative Who`s Who of over 1,300 fictional characters (including some animals) who never were--the great products of the creative imagination whose names have become famous during the last two and a half centuries, not just from novels and short stories but also from plays, opera, ballet, films, comic strips, songs, radio and television.
Where else would Batman rub shoulders with Ebenezer Scrooge, Snoopy with Jay Gatsby, Hiawatha with Fanny Hill, Mickey Mouse with Manon Lescaut, Lady Chatterly with the Cowardly Lion, Citizen Kane with Anna Karenina, Charlie Chan with Carmen, or Walter Mitty with Moby Dick?
This glittering parade of "imaginary people" has been almost entirely drawn from the English-speaking world. The main criterion for selection is that the fictional character has "lived" beyond the original source, either by being perpetuated from work to work or by adaptations to other media. The appearance of all these characters in one volume makes for an original and innovative reference source that will not only entertain the reader but encourage him or her to spend many more hours with the original creations of the finest story tellers of modern times.
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This review is from: Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Modern Fictional Characters (Hardcover)
Imaginary People is a good book to turn to in order to get information on a fictional character. It's emphasis is on literature, but also covers characters from comic strips, television, movies, ballet and opera. There are over 1300 entries, from Robinson Crusoe (1719) to Max Headroom (1985). These are listed alphabetically by character's last names for human characters, or by how the animal characters are known; for example, Tom Sawyer is listed as Sawyer, Tom, while Woody Woodpecker is listed as Woody Woodpecker. I recommend this book for anyone who likes following a character through a series, or through different media - book to tv to the silver screen.
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A Great Resource,
By Rachel Gray "heavy reader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Imaginary People: A Who's Who of Modern Fictional Characters (Hardcover)
Imaginary People is a good book to turn to in order to get information on a fictional character. It's emphasis is on literature, but also covers characters from comic strips, television, movies, ballet and opera. There are over 1300 entries, from Robinson Crusoe (1719) to Max Headroom (1985). These are listed alphabetically by character's last names for human characters, or by how the animal characters are known; for example, Tom Sawyer is listed as Sawyer, Tom, while Woody Woodpecker is listed as Woody Woodpecker. I recommend this book for anyone who likes following a character through a series, or through different media - book to tv to the silver screen.
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