Fantastic Histories : Medieval Fairy Narratives and the Limits of Wonder
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
ISBN-10
1526164140
ISBN-13
9781526164148
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 28th, 2024
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
502 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.40 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalBritish & Irish historyEarly history: c 500 to c 1450/1500Medieval historyHistoryEuropean historyMonsters & legendary beingsMythical, legendary and supernatural beings, monsters and creatures
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Details the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent political uses of fairy narratives in both insular and continental history and romance, revealing the fairy as a contested marker of historicity and fictionality. -- .
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. -- .
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