Isbn: 9781908011596 - the chronicles of the sidhe (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 200 pages. For a thirteen-year period, the reclusive Scottish writer Fiona Macleod enthr alled the Victorian reading public with a deluge of stories, novels, poems and e ssays drawn from the wildly romantic Highland and Island landscape. Although it was later revealed that these works had issued from the pen of William Sharp, it was clear that Fiona Macleod was more than a pseudonym; to Sharp she was very m uch an autonomous entity. What's more, the wealth of previously unknown and unhe ard of myths, names, traditions and beliefs in her writings, while shone through a Celtic prism, show every sign of having emanated from the Realm of Faery. Ste ve Blamires presents a ground-breaking assessment of the Faery lore within Fiona Macleod's literary output as part of his ongoing study of this enigmatic writer . Building on the established groundwork of his biography of Sharp, The Little B ook of the Great Enchantment, he explores the mythology and traditions of Faery, their symbolic and magical significance, and the devices employed by Fiona in t he transmission of Faery teachings and inspirations. Using examples from Fiona's rich and resonant body of work, his detailed interpretation will enable the rea der to tease out the Faery gems that are still to be found woven into the lines and verse of her writings.…

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