Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British FictionAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - 235 pagina's The author argues that the tension between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic. Demonstrating that a negotiation with folklore was central to the canon of British literature, he explicates the complicated rhetoric associated with folklore fiction. |
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Their Folklore and Function | 37 |
MacDonalds Fairyland | 61 |
In Pursuit of the Soul in Fairyland | 89 |
Folk Metaphysics and Narrative Authority | 103 |
Folklore and Imperialism | 149 |
The Celtic Renaissance | 163 |
Second Sight | 193 |
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