<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Tanith Lee was a “highly decorated writer” (Chappell 1) whose work ranged from science-fiction, through fantasy and children’s literature to contemporary and detective novels. Although she published more than ninety novels and three hundred short stories, her audience has diminished through the years, affecting also the academic interest in her works. The aims of this article are to provide a literary analysis of one of her most famous novels, Night’s Master, and answer the question of why readers describe her prose as “lush” and “poetic”; and also interpret the recurring symbolism and themes of beauty, sexuality and metamorphosis in the work. This article also highlights the similarities between the novel and fairy tales in regard of numeric symbolism and morals. </p></abstract>

Tanith Lee was a “highly decorated writer” (Chappell 1) whose work ranged from science-fiction, through fantasy and children’s literature to contemporary and detective novels. Although she published more than ninety novels and three hundred short stories, her audience has diminished through the years, affecting also the academic interest in her works. The aims of this article are to provide a literary analysis of one of her most famous novels, Night’s Master, and answer the question of why readers describe her prose as “lush” and “poetic”; and also interpret the recurring symbolism and themes of beauty, sexuality and metamorphosis in the work. This article also highlights the similarities between the novel and fairy tales in regard of numeric symbolism and morals.

A Journey Beyond Reality: Poetic Prose and Lush Imagery in Tanith Lee’s Night’s Master

Department of English and American studies, Faculty of Arts, Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica

Prague Journal of English Studies

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Tanith Lee was a “highly decorated writer” (Chappell 1) whose work ranged from science-fiction, through fantasy and children’s literature to contemporary and...

A Journey Beyond Reality: Poetic Prose and Lush Imagery in Tanith Lee’s Night’s Master

Published Online: Sep 17, 2016

Page range: 71 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2016-0004

Keywords
Tanith Lee, style, themes, contemporary, literature

© Faculty of Education, Charles University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A Journey Beyond Reality: Poetic Prose and Lush Imagery in Tanith Lee’s Night’s Master

Published Online: Sep 17, 2016

Page range: 71 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjes-2016-0004

KeywordsTanith Lee, style, themes, contemporary, literature

© Faculty of Education, Charles University

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Tanith Lee, style, themes, contemporary, literature