{"id":601,"date":"2015-11-15T03:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T03:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/repeatright.com\/engine\/?p=601"},"modified":"2018-10-08T19:29:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T19:29:25","slug":"alexander-lloyd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repeatright.com\/engine\/alexander-lloyd\/","title":{"rendered":"ALEXANDER, Lloyd"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cF<\/strong>antasy is hardly an escape from reality. It\u2019s a way of understanding it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Lloyd Alexander<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

A Visit with Lloyd Alexander<\/em> (1994) Alexander presentation about his career & writing, director & editor David Savatteri, Savatteri Productions, for Dutton Children\u2019s Books & Puffin Books; online via \u201cA Visit with Lloyd Alexander (Full Video),\u201d Lloyd Alexander Documentary (video \u2013 21:39) youtube.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Alexander conversation about how he became an author of fiction & fantasy books, and how he viewed the genre. Quoted excerpt begins at approx. 12:16 of 21:39 video. Transcript – Repeat Right.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd here again, this is surprising – because you might have the impression that a fantasy \u2013 oh, it\u2019s a lot of impossible things that happen and it doesn\u2019t really mean anything. I don\u2019t feel that way about it. From my point of view, fantasy is simply a form \u2013 a way of trying to express things about real people in the real world. So fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It\u2019s a way of understanding it.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf63bd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: A Visit with Lloyd Alexander<\/em> (1994) online via YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Wt9ZHQy2wAk<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbcbd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

\u201cMen give up many things willingly: their fortunes, their loves, their dreams. Power, never. It must be taken.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Lloyd Alexander<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

Westmark<\/em> (1981) New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, p. 137<\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 character \u2018Florian\u2019 to \u2018Theo\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cMen give up many things willingly: their fortunes, their loves, their dreams. Power, never. It must be taken.<\/span> And you, youngster, will have to choose your side.\u201d (p. 137)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” title=”Source ISBN” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4cbd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 Westmark <\/em> (1981) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 9780525423355<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1ebd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

\u201cOf wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Lloyd Alexander<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

The High King<\/em>: The Chronicles of Prydain<\/em> (27 October 1968) New York, NY: Dell\/Yearling Books, April 1990 printing, p. 141; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Fiction \u2013 Chapter X – character \u2018Taliesin\u2019 to \u2018Gurgi\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cTaliesin put a hand on the creature\u2019s shoulder. \u201cDo you believe you have none?\u201d he asked. \u201cThat is not true. Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave<\/span>. Yours is the wisdom of a good and kindly heart. Scarce it is, and its worth all the greater.\u201d (p. 141)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e0bd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library \u2013 The High King<\/em>: The Chronicles of Prydain<\/em> (27 October 1968) online via Open Library [free subscription service]: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/highking00alex#page\/140\/mode\/2up\/search\/as+many+patterns<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf63bd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

\u201cThe muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Lloyd Alexander<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Flat-Heeled Muse\u201d (1 April 1965) The Horn Book Magazine<\/em>, Boston, MA: Horn Book, Inc.; online via The Horn Book, www.hbook.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[First lines of essay about writing fantasy fiction]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes.<\/span> No foam-born Aphrodite, she vaguely resembles my old piano teacher, who was keen on metronomes. She does not carry a soothing lyre for inspiration, but is more likely to shake you roughly awake at four in the morning and rattle a sheaf of subtle, sneaky questions under your nose. And you had better answer them. The Muse will stand for no nonsense (that is, non-sense).\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf63bd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cThe Flat-Heeled Muse\u201d (1 April 1965) online via The Horn Book: https:\/\/www.hbook.com\/1965\/04\/choosing-books\/horn-book-magazine\/flat-heeled-muse\/#<\/a>_<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1ebd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

\u201cWe hold each other\u2019s lives in our open hands, not in clenched fists.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Lloyd Alexander<\/strong>, American author<\/p>\n

The Black Cauldron<\/em> (June 1965) New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co., 1999 Revised Edition, p. 22; online via Open Library [free subscription service] openlibrary.org <\/a><\/p>\n

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Extended excerpt\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> [Fiction \u2013 character \u2018Adaon\u2019 to friends]:<\/p>\n

\u201cHe spoke quietly, but his voice held a tone of command as he turned his glance from Taran to Ellidyr. \u201cWe hold each other\u2019s live in our open hands, not in clenched fists.<\/span>\u201d (p. 22)<\/p>\n

\u201cTaliesin put a hand on the creature\u2019s shoulder. \u201cDo you believe you have none?\u201d he asked. \u201cThat is not true. Of wisdom there are as many patterns as a loom can weave. Yours is the wisdom of a good and kindly heart. Scarce it is, and its worth all the greater.\u201d (p. 141)<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: The Black Cauldron <\/em>is book two of Alexander\u2019s Chronicles of Prydain<\/em> series.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e0bd96-db55″ add_icon=”true”][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-to-right”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>:\u00a0The Black Cauldron<\/em> (June 1965|1999 Henry Holt revised edition) online via Open Library: https:\/\/archive.org\/stream\/blackcauldron00alex_0?ref=ol#page\/22\/mode\/2up\/search\/clenched+fists<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Lloyd Alexander<\/strong> <\/span>| Here are a few places to find out more –<\/p>\n