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Author Silver, Carole G.

Title Strange and secret peoples : fairies and Victorian consciousness / Carole G. Silver.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.21 SI39    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.21 S587S    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction: Greetings from Another World: Romantic Rediscoveries -- 1. On the Origins of Fairies -- 2. "Come Away Thou Human Child": Abductions, Change, and Changelings -- 3. "East of the Sun and West of the Moon": Victorians and Fairy Brides -- 4. Little Goblin Men: On Dwarfs and Pygmies, Racial Myths and Mythic Races -- 5. The Faces of Evil: Fairies, Mobs, and Female Cruelty -- 6. Farewell to the Fairies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Subject Fairies.
Folklore -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Literature and folklore -- Great Britain.
British literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0195121996 alkaline paper
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