Strange & Secret Peoples: Fairies & Victorian Consciousness
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Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and the dominant preoccupations of Victorian culture at large. Carole Silver here draws on sources ranging from the anthropological, folkloric, and occult to the legal, historical, and medical. She is the first to anatomize a world peopled by strange beings...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195144112
ISBN13:9780195144116
Release Date:October 2000
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Related Subjects
Criticism & Theory England English Literature Europe Fairy Tales Folklore Folklore & Mythology History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks VictorianCustomer Reviews
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