Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature

Nicola (Birkbeck College, University of London) Bown

Cambridge University Press, 2001

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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.

ISBN-13
9780521793155
ISBN-10
0521793157
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
Publication date
2001-09-27
Pages
254
Dimensions
229x152x17
Weight
610