#AUTHOR GARNER, ALAN (1934- ) A969 AERS, LESLEY. "Alan Garner: An Opinion." Use of English 22, no. 2 (Winter 1970):141-47, 153. Argues that "Alan Garner's use of myths and folk-tales contrib utes little more than furniture to his novels." Discusses The Weird stone of Brisingamen, Moon of Gomrath, Elidor, and The Owl Service. A970 BARTLE, F.R. "Alan Garner." Children's Libraries Newsletter 8 (May 1972):38-47. Analyzes four of Garner's books and compares him to William Mayne. A971 BENTON, MICHAEL. "Detective Imagination." CLE, o.s., no. 13 (1974):5-12. "Red Shift expresses the significance of place and the insignifi cance of time." Thoughtful reflections on the novel's construction, style, and theme. Jessica Kimball-Cook comments in CLE, o.s., no. 15 (1974):67-68. A972 BLISHEN, EDWARD. "Ambiguous Triptych." TES, 12 October 1973, p. 22. Reviews Red Shift. "How to begin to describe anything so intri cate, finely wrought--in places, cunningly and even perversely enig matic?" Questions Garner's need "to build a wall of erudite puzzles between himself and his readers." A973 "Books of International Interest: Forum of Children's Books." Bookbird 6, no. 1 (1968):27-30. Provides brief background information on Garner and surveys reviewers' responses to Elidor. A974 BREWER, ROSEMARY. "Alan Garner: A Perspective." Orana 14 (November 1978):127-33. A975 CADOGAN, MARY, and CRAIG, PATRICIA. You're a Brick, pp. 367-71. Sees Garner's first five children's novels as a movement "towards increased internal pressure and thematic compression." A976 CAMERON, ELEANOR. "The Owl Service: A Study." WLB 44 (December 1969):425-33. (Reprinted in White, Children's Literature, pp. 191-202.) Discusses Garner's development as a writer in books preceding The Owl Service, and provides a detailed critical analysis of that book. A977 CHAMBERS, AIDAN. "An Interview with Alan Garner." In Cham bers, Signal Approaches, pp. 276-328. (Expanded version of inter view originally published in Signal 27 [September 1978]:119-37.) Based on ideas Chambers expressed in "The Reader in the Book" (Signal 23 [May 1977]:64-87). A978 -----. "Letter from England: Literary Crossword Puzzle . . . or Mas terpiece?" Horn Book 49 (October 1973):494-97. (Reprinted in Heins, Crosscurrents, pp. 315-18.) Suggests that with Red Shift, Garner has "given up any pretense at writing for children and is now writing entirely to please himself and those mature, sophisticated, literate readers who care to study his work." Discusses some of the difficulties and strong points of the novel. A979 -----. "Letter from England: A Matter of Balance." Horn Book 53 (August 1977):479-82. Sees Stone Book's subject as a balance "between head and heart, the eternal and the momentary, the old ways and the new, the pro found and the simple, the wide bright sky and the secret close spaces of the earth, the folk tongue of the people and the language of artifice and studio." A980 FARRELL, JACQUELINE M. "Recommended: Alan Garner." English Journal 70 (September 1981):65-66. Suggests ways of using Garner's books with middle-school stu dents. A981 GARNER, ALAN. "Achilles in Altjira." CHLAQ 8, no. 4 (Winter 1983):5-10. Discusses the role of language and the role of the storyteller, relating them to his background as a working-class child who received schooling in standard English and classical languages. A982 -----. "A Bit More Practice." TLS, 6 June 1968. (Also in Meek, Cool Web, pp. 196-200.) Describes the background of his writing, especially of The Owl Service. A983 -----. "Coming to Terms." CLE, o.s., no. 2 (July 1970):15-29. Interview in which Garner discusses his approach to writing and comments on several of his books, notably The Owl Service. Also discusses his use of myth and fantasy, and makes brief autobiograph ical comments. A984 -----. "The Edge of the Ceiling." Horn Book 60 (September-October 1984):559-65. Reflects upon the influences of his childhood isolation and his sense of place in his writing. A985 -----. "Inner Time." In Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays, by Various Hands, About the Interface Between Science Fic tion and Reality. Edited by Peter Nichols. New York: Harper and Row, 1976, pp. 119-38. Discusses myth and time and reveals some of the painful central events of Garner's emotional life, which he relates to his art. A986 GILLIES, CAROLYN. "Possession and Structure in the Novels of Alan Garner." CLE, o.s., no. 18, (Fall 1975):107-17. Argues that the plots of Garner's first five books are linked by two major concepts, possession and structure; and "gradually develop from pure children's reading into adult literature." A987 GOUGH, JOHN. "Alan Garner, the Critic and Self-Critic." Orana 20 (August 1984):110-18. Examines Garner's criticism of himself and others and urges the reader to beware of accepting these comments at face value as criti cism of Garner's work. A988 HEINS, PAUL. "Off the Beaten Path." Horn Book 49 (December 1973):580-81. (Reprinted in Crosscurrents, p. 319.) Briefly discusses the blurring of the distinction between children's and adult books in terms of Red Shift. A989 HELLINGS, CAROL. "Alan Garner: His Use of Mythology and Dimension in Time." Orana 15 (May 1979):66-73. A990 INGLIS, FRED. The Promise of Happiness, pp. 242-45. Examines Elidor, finding "Garner's achievement is to have given magic a credibility in terms of modern science." A991 JONES, CORNELIA, and WAY, OLIVIA R. British Children's Authors, pp. 94-100. In an interiew Garner discusses his background, philosophy, and method of working. Includes an annotated bibliography of his works. A992 KOHLER, MARGARET. "Author Study: Alan Garner." Orana 16 (May 1980):39-48. Analyzes Garner's themes, characterizations, settings, structures, and style, and summarizes his development as a writer. A993 McMAHON, PATRICIA. "A Second Look: Elidor." Horn Book 56 (June 1980):328-31. Examines Garner's transformation of mythological sources so that they stand on their own. A994 PEARCE, PHILIPPA. The Owl Service. In Meek, Cool Web, pp. 291-93. (From Children's Book News 2, no. 4 [July-August 1967]:164-65. Faults the difficulty of understanding and the failure of Garner to "make plain" what is happening in Owl Service. A995 PHILIP, NEIL. A Fine Anger: A Critical Introduction to the Work of Alan Garner. London: Collins, 1981, 191 pp. Provides a serious critical analysis of Garner's work. "The vigour of the oral tradition has been transfused into the sluggish bloodstream of the modern novel, and a new life imparted." The introduction contains an overview of Garner's work and his significance in mod ern English literature. Subsequent chapters are devoted to discussions of one or more of his books: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen and The Moon of Gomrath, pp. 21-44; Elidor, pp. 45-64; The Owl Service, pp. 65-75; Holly from the Bongs and The Hamish Hamilton Book of Goblins, pp. 76-85; Red Shift, pp. 86-109; Potter Thompson, The Guizer, and The Lad of the Gad, pp. 110-25; and The Stone Book Quartet, pp. 126-45. Includes an extensive bibliography of Garner's writings, Garner criticism, and background material. A996 REES, DAVID. "Alan Garner: Some Doubts." Horn Book 55 (June 1979):282-89. (Revised version entitled "Hanging in Their True Shapes: Alan Garner," in Rees, Marble in the Water, pp. 56-67.) Discusses Garner's development as a writer in Elidor, Owl Service, and Red Shift. Concludes his works are flawed masterpieces. A997 SPRAGGS, GILLIAN. Review of Neil Philip's A Fine Anger. Use of English 33, no. 2 (Spring 1982):81-83. Disagrees with Philip's claim for Garner's literary status and suggests that the influence of Garner's predecessors in the magical adventure story should have been considered. A998 TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE. Sense of Story, pp. 108-19. "His stories have become less complicated but more complex, less crowded but more intricately ramified." Traces Garner's development as an author through Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Moon of Gomrath, Elidor and Owl Service. A999 -----. A Sounding, pp. 81-96. An updating and revision of Townsend's earlier essay in A Sense of Story, adding discussions of Red Shift and the quartet, The Stone Book, Granny Reardun, The Aimer Gate, and Tom Fobble's Day. A1000 WALSH, ROBIN. "Alan Garner: A Study." Orana 13 (May 1977): 31-39. A1001 WATKINS, TONY. "Alan Garner." In Butts, Good Writers, pp. 45-49. Explores Garner's use of folklore and myth as the basis for his fiction. A postscript comments on Red Shift, pp. 48-49. A1002 -----. "Alan Garner's Elidor." CLE, o.s., no. 7 (March 1972):56-63. Explores Garner's use of the imagery of myth as a means of transcending various levels of experience. A1003 WATSON, VICTOR. "In Defense of Jan: Love and Betrayal in The Owl Service and Red Shift." Signal 41 (May 1983):77-87. Examines the two novels in terms of "choices and betrayals almost forced upon women by the violence and anger of men." Attempts to show that this theme, "worked out incompletely in The Owl Service, reappears brilliantly and triumphantly in Red Shift," especially in the character of Jan. A1004 WHITAKER, MURIEL A. "`The Hollow Hills': A Celtic Motif in Modern Fantasy." Mosaic 13 (Spring-Summer 1980):165-78. Examines the use of Celtic myths in the works of Alan Garner, William Mayne, and Mary Stewart. A1005 WINTLE, JUSTIN, and FISHER, EMMA. Pied Pipers, pp. 221-35. Alan Garner discusses his life and work in an interview.