The Boggart: Folklore, History, Place-Names and Dialect

by Simon Young

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The little-studied and once much-feared boggart is a supernatural being from the north of England. Against the odds it survives today, both in place-names and in fantasy literature-not least the Harry Potter universe. This book pioneers two methods for collecting boggart folklore: first, the use of hundreds of thousands of words on the boggart from newly digitized ephemera; second, about 1,100 contemporary boggart memories from social media surveys...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1905816901

ISBN13:9781905816903

Release Date:March 2022

Publisher:University of Exeter Press

Length:330 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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