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001 ASIN0415286018
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008 130412s2002 xxu eng d
020 _a0415286018 (paperback)
_c$19.95
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100 1 _aBriggs, Katharine.
245 1 4 _aThe fairies in tradition and literature /
_cKatharine Briggs.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bRoutledge,
_c2002.
300 _a352 p. ;
_c20 cm.
490 1 _aRoutledge classics.
520 _aFairies fascinate young and old alike. To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds, to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author, Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies, and in this book she articulated for the first time the history of that world in tradition and literature. From every period and every country, poets and storytellers have described a magical world inhabited by elfin spirits. Capricious and vengeful, or beautiful and generous, they've held us in thrall for generations. And on a summer's morn, as the dew dries softly on the grass, if you kneel and look under a toadstool, well ...
830 0 _aRoutledge classics.
856 4 0 _3Amazon.com
_uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415286018/chopaconline-20
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