Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

Taylor & Francis Ltd

01/2008

248

Dura

Inglês

9780754657668

15 a 20 dias

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Contents: Preface; An introduction to folklore and the fantastic in 19th-century British literature; Victorian literary fairy tales: their folklore and function; Victorian fairy-tale fantasies: MacDonald's Fairyland and Barrie's Neverland; MacDonald's Lilith and Phantastes: in pursuit of the soul of fairyland; James Hogg's use of legend: folk metaphysics and narrative authority; Ghosts 'grand ladies', 'the gentry', and 'good neighbors': folkloric representations of the spirit world's intersection with class and racial tensions in Le Fanu; Robert Louis Stevenson: folklore and imperialism; William Carleton and William Sharp: the Celtic renaissance and fantastic folklore; Conclusion: 2nd sight; Bibliography; Index.
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