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Peter S. Beagle

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Peter S. Beagle Biography (1)

Peter S. Beagle

3,076 words, approx. 11 pages

Peter S. Beagle is "the class act of fantasy writing," according to Booklist contributor John Mort. A writer whose highly regarded fantasy fiction has wrought comparisons to J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Le... Read more

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Critical Review by Benedict Riely

868 words, approx. 3 pages

Below, Riely remarks on Beagle's skillful personification of animals in The Last Unicorn. It is nothing to be surprised at that a man whose first novel [A Fine and Private Place] began with a r... Read more

Critical Review by Granville Hicks

622 words, approx. 3 pages

In the following excerpt, Hicks argues that The Last Unicorn is a fable about imagination and the artist. Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn is frankly a fantasy, as was his first novel, A Fine an... Read more

Critical Essay by Don Parry Norford

5,098 words, approx. 17 pages

In the following essay, Norford discusses the symbolism of the characters in The Last Unicorn. A cheeky and didactic squirrel in Peter S. Beagle's A Fine and Private Place (1960) tells the cyni... Read more

Critical Essay by David Stevens

3,628 words, approx. 13 pages

In the essay below, Stevens argues that Beagle uses humor to manipulate the tone of The Last Unicorn. While humor is peripheral to much fantasy, it is central to Peter Beagle's The Last Unicorn... Read more

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