Fairies in medieval romance
By: James Wade
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The new Middle Ages; New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780230110205
Subjects: English literature; Fairies in literature; English Romances; Romances; History and criticism
Description: This book offers new approaches for thinking about the narrative possibilities of fairies in medieval romance, from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britannie to Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-208) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: internal folklore; title: Fairies and humans between possible worlds; title: Avalon: simulacra and fictional facts; title: Beyond orthodoxy: tests and quests; title: Fairy mistresses: gifts and taboos; title: Concllusion.