Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction
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Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0754657663
ISBN-13 : 9780754657668
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Book Synopsis Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction by : Jason Marc Harris

Download or read book Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-century British Fiction written by Jason Marc Harris and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that the tensions between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic, Jason Marc Harris demonstrates that a negotiation with folklore was central to the canon of British literature. He uncovers the ideological agendas articulated using folkloric elements in works by James Barrie, William Carleton, James Hogg, Sheridan Le Fanu, George MacDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others, and reveals the rhetorical strategies for applying superstition in both folkloric and literary contexts of the supernatural.


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