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    A Study Guide for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
    A Study Guide for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
    A Study Guide for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time
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    A Study Guide for Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time

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    A Study Guide for Madeleine L'E "ngle's A Wrinkle in Time," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 8, 2015
    ISBN9781535817523
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      A Wrinkle in Time

      Madeleine L'Engle

      1962

      Introduction

      The novel A Wrinkle in Time, by American author Madeleine L'Engle, contains elements of both fantasy and science fiction. It was originally conceived and written as a young-adult novel, but many readers comment that the novel readily sustains the interest of adult readers and even question whether the book is truly a young-adult novel. The novel is the first in a series called the Time Quartet; the other novels in the series are A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. A fifth novel, An Acceptable Time, turned the quartet into a quintet, yet it is still referred to as the Time Quartet.

      In discussing L'Engle's work, critics also talk about the frameworks that organize the novels. One of these is called the chronos framework; the novels in this framework are written in a more or less realistic style and are all structured around a family called the Austins. In her autobiographical book A Circle of Quiet, L'Engle explains that chronos is everyday clock time. In contrast is the kairos framework. These novels sometimes have realistic settings, but they more often have elements of science fiction, fantasy, and even magic. This vision of time is God's time, where past and present are meaningless, the novels are structured around the Murry and O'Keefe families. In both frameworks, the tales deal with subsequent generations; thus, for example, Meg Murry and Calvin O'Keefe in A Wrinkle in Time become the parents of Polly O'Keefe, who appears as the protagonist in later books. Also, characters from both the chronos and kairos frameworks cross over into each other, creating an interlocking world where time and historical events are shared.

      A Wrinkle in Time is one of L'Engle's earliest books, and it was rejected by more than two dozen publishers before John Farrar of the publishing firm Farrar, Straus & Giroux, agreed to read it. He published it not because he believed it would sell but simply because he liked it. A Wrinkle in Time went on to win the prestigious Newbery Medal in 1963 and has been in hard-cover print ever since it was published in 1962.

      Author Biography

      Madeleine L'Engle Camp was born on November 29, 1918, in New York City. Her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a writer and critic; her mother, also named Madeleine, was an accomplished pianist. L'Engle was a shy, awkward child, and her teachers believed she was of limited ability, so she retreated into a world of books and writing,

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