Le Guin offers a new and intriguing variation on the American tradition of Romance largely under the aegis of science fiction. The Word for World is Forest, The Earthsea Trilogy, and The Dispossessed are studied here along with other works by the writer.

This title, Ursula K. Leguin, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Ursula K. Leguin through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Ursula K. Leguin, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.