Fantastic histories: Medieval fairy narratives and the limits of wonder (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture)
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- Synopsis
- Fantastic Histories explores the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent uses of fairy narratives in both insular and continental history and romance. It traces the uses of the fairy as a contested marker of historicity and fictionality in the histories of Gerald of Wales and Walter Map, the continental mirabilia of Gervase of Tilbury, and the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French Mélusine romances and their early English reception. Working across insular and continental source material, Fantastic Histories explores the practices of history-writing, fiction-making, and the culturally determined boundaries of wonder that defined the limits of medieval history.
- Copyright:
- 2024
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- ISBN-13:
- 9781526164131
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781526164155, 9781526164148
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 05/27/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Victoria Flood
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Language Arts
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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