A Dune Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in Frank Herbert's Original Six Novels

A Dune Companion: Characters, Places and Terms in Frank Herbert's Original Six Novels
ISBN-10
1476669600
ISBN-13
9781476669601
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
197
Language
English
Published
2018-08-01
Publisher
McFarland
Author
Donald E. Palumbo

Description

This companion to Frank Herbert's six original Dune novels—Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune—provides an encyclopedia of characters, locations, terms and other elements, and highlights the series' underrated aesthetic integrity. An extensive introduction discusses the theme of ecology, chaos theory concepts and structures, and Joseph Campbell's monomyth in Herbert's narratives.

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