At the bottom of the garden
Subtitle: a dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things
By: Diane Purkiss
Publisher: New York University Press; NYU Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Fairies -- History; Fairies in literature; Fairies in art
Description: "At the Bottom of the Garden is a history of fairies from the ancient world to the present. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, it is a rich and diverse account of the part that fairies and fairy stories have played in culture and society.".

"Dianne Purkiss explains in this engrossing history that ancient fairies were born of fear: fear of the dark, of death, and of other great rites of passage, birth and sex. To understand the importance of these early fairies to pre-industrial peoples, we need to recover that sense of dread."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-348) and index