Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture - Bown, Nicola (Birkbeck College, University of London) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521025508 - March 30, 2006
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Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Bown, Nicola (Birkbeck College, University of London)

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Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature - Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture

Nicola Bown's study reminds us that for the Victorians the fairy symbolized disenchantment with the irresistible forces of progress and modernity. As these forces stripped their world of its wonder, Victorians consoled themselves by dreaming of a place suffused with the enchantment that was disappearing from their own lives.


256 pages, 30 b/w illus.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 30, 2006
ISBN13 9780521025508
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 230 × 152 × 16 mm   ·   396 g
Language English  
Series Editor Beer, Gillian