A Wrinkle in Time (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Madeleine L'Engle
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—time travel
- Time of Work: The late 1950’s
- Setting: A small town in the United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Fable, Bildungsroman, Science fiction, Adventure, Fantasy
- Subjects: 1950’s, Maturation or coming of age, Freedom, Values, Children, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Adolescence, Teenagers, Supernatural, Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Brothers and sisters, Individuality, Emotions, Brothers, Time travel, Good and evil, Conformity, Planets, Space and time, Technology, Battles
- Locales: Space, Northeast (U.S.), Camazotz (fictive), Uriel (fictive)
The Plot
Madeleine L’Engle’s view of the universe was changed by the work of such well-known physicists as Albert Einstein and Max Planck. She expressed her new perspective in A Wrinkle in Time, a heroic adventure in which evil authoritarianism is challenged by love and human individuality. The book is very different from L’Engle’s six previous novels; she hoped it would take her career in an exciting new direction. Therefore, she was especially disappointed that, after two years, none of the many publishers to whom she sent the book wanted to publish it....
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