BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature Guides Criticism/Essays Criticism/Essays Biographies Biographies My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Search "The Last Unicorn"

 

Not What You Meant?  There are 10 definitions for Haggard.  Also try: Amalthea or Schmendrick.

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Print-Friendly
About 68 pages (20,351 words) in 8 products

"The Last Unicorn" Search Results
Contents:
Summaries and Analysis


Quotations
summary from source:
The Last Unicorn Quotes
1,797 words, approx. 6 pages
It would be the last unicorn in the world that comes to Molly Grue... I am what I am... I am a cat, and no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story. Schmendrick stepped out into the open...


Author Biography

Name: Peter S. Beagle
Birth Date: April 20, 1939
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer

summary from source:
Biography of Peter S. Beagle
3076 words, approx. 10.3 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. Lewis, Thomas Malory, and Lewis Carroll, Beagle hit the...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
summary from source:
The Last Unicorn Information
1,654 words, approx. 6 pages
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel written by Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968. It has sold more than five million copies worldwide since its original publication, and has been translated into at least twenty languages. The third-person narrative...


News and Journals
summary from source:

Cineaste
The Black Unicorn.
09/22/1996: 1,166 words, approx. 4 pages
Documentary films about poets are highly problematical. Should the life or the poetry be highlighted? How can the two be related in an engaging manner? Is the film's primary purpose to win the poet new readers or to present his existing fans with...
summary from source:

The Literary Review
Unicorns.(Fiction)
06/22/1997: 4,139 words, approx. 14 pages
If I were to tell you, Diodorus, that she taught me to see unicorns, you would not believe me. So I remain dumb. I listen to you, see your thin fragile fingers wear the thin gold-and-silver rings more gracelessly, and am reminded of...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
summary from source:
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.
summary from source:
Critical Essay by David Stevens
3,628 words, approx. 12 pages
In the essay below, Stevens argues that Beagle uses humor to manipulate the tone of The Last Unicorn.
summary from source:
Critical Review by Benedict Riely
868 words, approx. 3 pages
Below, Riely remarks on Beagle's skillful personification of animals in The Last Unicorn.
 


The Last Unicorn Study Pack

Get the complete The Last Unicorn Study Pack, which includes everything on this page. Approximately 68 pages (at 300 words per page) in 8 products.

 Please Note: Study Pack does not include any HighBeam content.

This Study Pack Contains:
Complete Short Guide
1 Biography
1 Encyclopedia Article
4 Literature Criticism Essays
Multiple Formats Available:

· online web format
· "print-friendly" format
· downloadable PDF format
· downloadable Word/RTF format
Available Immediately Online
 

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Print-Friendly
About 68 pages (20,351 words) in 8 products




Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy