Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2008 - 235 من الصفحات
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
Bibliography
211
Index
225
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نبذة عن المؤلف (2008)

Jason Marc Harris teaches at Michigan State University.

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