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989358
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b743728
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Harris, Jason Marc.
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Folklore and the fantastic in nineteenth-century British fiction /\ Jason Marc Harris.
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Aldershot :: Ashgate,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xi, 235 pages)
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| ISBN
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0754682617
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: 1317134648
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: 9780754682615
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: 9781317134640
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: 9781317134657
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: 9781409489900
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: 9786611208004
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0754657663
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9780754657668
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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1. An introduction to folklore and the fantastic in nineteenth-century British literature -- 2. Victorian literary fairy tales : their folklore and function -- 3. Victorian fairy-tale fantasies : MacDonald's Fairyland and Barrie's Neverland -- 4. MacDonald's Lilith and Phantastes : in pursuit of the soul in Fairyland -- 5. James Hogg's use of legend : folk metaphysics and narrative authority -- 6. Ghosts, "grand ladies," "the gentry," and "good neighbors" : folkloric representations of the spirit world's intersection with class and racial tensions in Le Fanu -- 7. Robert Louis Stevenson : folklore and imperialism -- 8. William Carleton and William Sharp : the Celtic Renaissance and fantastic folklore -- 9. Conclusion : second sight.
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The author argues that the tension between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic. Demonstrating that a negotiation with folklore was central to the canon of British literature, he explicates the complicated rhetoric associated with folklore fiction.
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English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
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Fantasy fiction, English-- History and criticism.
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Folklore in literature.
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Horror tales, English-- History and criticism.
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Das Fantastische
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English fiction.
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Fantasy fiction, English.
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Folklore in literature.
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Horror tales, English.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Mündliche Überlieferung
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Prosa.
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Englisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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823.80937
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| LC Classification
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PR878.F64H37 2008eb
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