Volume 20 Number 2 Article 3 Spring 3-15-1994 The Illusion of Control: Narrative Authority in Robin McKinley's The Illusion of Control: Narrative Authority in Robin McKinley's Beauty Beauty and and The Blue Sword The Blue Sword Michael Cadden Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore Part of the Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons Recommended Citation Recommended Citation Cadden, Michael (1994) "The Illusion of Control: Narrative Authority in Robin McKinley's Beauty and The Blue Sword," Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 20 : No. 2 , Article 3. Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol20/iss2/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Mythopoeic Society at SWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature by an authorized editor of SWOSU Digital Commons. An ADA compliant document is available upon request. For more information, please contact phillip.ftzsimmons@swosu.edu. To join the Mythopoeic Society go to: http://www.mythsoc.org/join.htm