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At the bottom of the garden

a dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things

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At the bottom of the garden
Diane Purkiss, Diane Purkiss
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An edition of At the Bottom of the Garden (2000)

At the bottom of the garden

a dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things

by

  • 4 Want to read

"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.

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New York University Press, NYU Press
Language
English
Pages
356

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Subjects

Fairies in art, History, Fairies in literature, Fairies, Contes de fées, Fee, Fées, Litteratur, Geschichte, Fées dans la littérature, Sprookjes, Histoire, Historie, Folklore, Mythologie, Alver, Kobold, Kunst

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At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things
November 1, 2003, NYU Press
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At the Bottom of the Garden: A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things
January 1, 2001, NYU Press
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At the bottom of the garden: a dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things
2000, New York University Press, NYU Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-348) and index

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BF1552 .P87 2000, BF1552.P87 2000

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xii, 356 p. :
Number of pages
356

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OL17009329M
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00051534
OCLC/WorldCat
45207790
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45521
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