Pamela deans tam lin is a very free retelling of the old scottish ballad of the same name. Tam lin ebook by pamela dean 9781101653609 rakuten kobo. Book recommendations for people who like tam lin by pamela dean. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Pamela deans tam lin is a novel that gives the lie to the belief that readers should approach a novel in a state of purity, giving as little thought as possible to publicity, advertising, and the expectations they arouse. Tam lin by pamela dean meet your next favorite book. Tam lin, by pamela dean, is one of those books that defies description in the best way, because it both is and is not a fantasy. Terri windling, a wellknown and respected fairytale scholar, provides a useful introduction to the novel, and dean herself provides an afterward discussing the influence that tam.
At first everyone and everything is as they appear to be, but gradually janet realizes that some of her friends and professors are not entirely earthly. Tam lin is, predictably, a retelling of the 16th century scottish ballad by the same name. Pamela dean is the author of six fantasy novels and a handful of short stories. Plus, christopher heron tamlin is wonderfully full of snark, and their relationship is not the overthetop melodrama so many stories especially contemporary suffer from.
She was a member of the writing group the scribblies, and was a contributor to the liavek shared. Mercedes lackeys home from the sea is strongly based off of this tale. In this version of tam lin, masterfully crafted by pamela dean, janet is a college. Blackstock is immediately full of strange occurrences.
Lewis 1 british actor rpf 1 legally blonde hachokeefebenjamin 1. Pamela dean books list of books by author pamela dean. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. She is currently working on going north, the sequel to both. Pamela collins dean dyerbennet, better known as pamela dean, is an american fantasy author whose bestknown book is tam lin. I purchased pamela deans tamlin and could not get through it. Tam lin is a delight especially if you like bookish references and subtle fantasy full of one young womans search for herself in an very ordinary place where mysterious things are happening.
The story revolves around the rescue of tam lin by his true love from the queen of the fairies. In the ancient scottish ballad tam lin, headstrong janet defies tam lin to walk in her own land of carterhaugh. In this ballad turned modern novel set in the 1970s, clever bookish janet heads off to college to expand her mind, earn her degree, and perhaps meet some people along the way. The three boys she and her roommates start to date, and the boys acquaintances, behave in a fashion which might be mysteriously. Pamela collins dean dyerbennet born 1953, better known as pamela dean, is an american fantasy author whose bestknown book is tam lin, based on the child ballad of the same name, in which the scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, carleton college in minnesota she was a member of the writing group the scribblies. She lives in minneapolis with some congenial people, a lot of cats, and an. From the beginning its clear that pamela dean set out to retell the tam lin ballad. The whim of the dragon the secret country trilogy, vol. Tam or tamas lin also called tamlane, tamlin, tambling, tomlin, tam lien, tamaline, tam lyn, or tam lane is a character in a legendary ballad originating from the scottish borders. She then was compelled to do battle with the faery queen for possession of her lovers soul and. Pamela deans tam lin grapples with pregnancy and reproductive choice firebird pamela deans tam lin is the only one of these adaptations. Dean reads the ballad of tam lin as a tale of adolescent love, and most of her novel concerns itself with the attempts of janet carter and her fellow students at blackstock college to balance course loads with youthful angst and the bittersweet.
While not a direct reference, theres a character called tam lin in nancy farmers house of the scorpion. Pamela dean this scottishbased tale for adults offers a pregnant heroine who must rescue the man who seduced her in. This halloweenset medieval scottish ballad is incredibly. This great book tells the story of janet and her friends at college. Pamela dean is an american fantasy author whose most notable book is tam lin, based on the child ballad of the same name, in which the scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, carleton college in minnesota. A tor book published by tom doherty associates, inc. Tam lin by pamela dean overdrive rakuten overdrive. In this version of tam lin, masterfully crafted by pamela dean, janet is a college student, carterhaugh is carter hall at the university where her father teaches, and tam lin is a boy named thomas lane. Janet starts her undergraduate studies, and she quickly makes friends with an arcane group of fellow students.
In this version of tam lin, masterfully crafted by pamela dean, janet is a college student, c. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Below is an exploration of tam lin as book or play, that is, the influence of the ballad in other story telling formats. In pamela deans novel tam lin, the ballads general theme and storyline has been brought to a college campus in the 1970s. Why pamela deans tam lin is a book youll either love or hate. It is also associated with a reel of the same name, also known as the glasgow reel. I reread pamela deans wonderful tam lin this weekend while traveling to my cousins high school graduation party, because while this book is a fairy tale, its also a book about how college life works a land equally strange to me as fairyland was when i first read this book.
She was a member of the writing group the scribblies, and was a contributor to the liavek sharedworld anthologies. Angel tips to read tam lin by pamela dean online wattpad. A reader who comes to this novel innocent of the impression formed by its cover, plot description, and even its title would probably find it utterly confusing, because. The synopsis for the novel is quite explicit in its references to the ballad. This acclaimed book by pamela dean is available at. But before that becomes clear, its a story about college, about ones first time in a dorm room as a freshman, about classes and professors and advisors and homework and love affairs.
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