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The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
Engelsk Paperback
The Fairies in Tradition and Literature
Engelsk Paperback

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Fairies fascinate young and old alike. To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds, to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author, Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies, and in this book she articulated for the first time the history of that world in tradition and literature.

From every period and every country, poets and storytellers have described a magical world inhabited by elfin spirits. Capricious and vengeful, or beautiful and generous, they''ve held us in thrall for generations. And on a summer''s morn, as the dew dries softly on the grass, if you kneel and look under a toadstool, well ...

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9780415286015
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
2
ISBN-10:
0415286018
Udg. Dato:
20 jun 2002
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
134mm
Højde:
200mm
Forlag:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oplagsdato:
20 jun 2002
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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