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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Author Biography

Name: Ursula K. Le Guin
Birth Date: October 21, 1929
Place of Birth: Berkeley, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: writer, teacher

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Biography of Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin
17529 words, approx. 58.4 pages
[This entry was updated by Nancy Barendse (Charleston Southern University) from her update in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, of the entry by Brian Attebery (College of Idaho) in DLB 8: Twentieth-Century American Science...
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Biography of Ursula K. Le Guin
17122 words, approx. 57.1 pages
Ursula K. Le Guin is a writer of great versatility and power, acclaimed for her science fiction, fantasy, and children's literature. All her fiction is distinguished by careful craftsmanship, a limpid prose style, realistic detail in the creation of imag...
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Biography of Ursula K(roeber) Le Guin
12913 words, approx. 43 pages
In a decade and a half, since Ursula K. LeGuin's first novel appeared as one half of an Ace Double paperback, she has become one of the most important writers in the field of science fiction. Le Guin writes the sort of stories science-fiction critics hav...
 


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A Wizard of Earthsea Information
1,287 words, approx. 4 pages
<i>A Wizard of Earthsea</i>, first published in 1968, is the first of a series of books written by Ursula K. Le Guin and set in the fantasy world archipelago of Earthsea depicting the adventures of a budding young wizard named Ged. The tale of Ged's...


Criticism and Essays
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Irony of Magic in A Wizard of Earthsea
826 words, approx. 3 pages
In Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, Ged's many mistakes show the damage magic can cause when it is used too much. Therein lies the irony of the story: Magic is intentionally learned for everyday use, but in the end it should be used only when necessary and never as a means to disrupt equilibrium.


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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

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