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- catalog abstract ""At the Bottom of the Garden is a history of fairies from the ancient world to the present. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, it is a rich and diverse account of the part that fairies and fairy stories have played in culture and society." "Dianne Purkiss explains in this engrossing history that ancient fairies were born of fear: fear of the dark, of death, and of other great rites of passage, birth and sex. To understand the importance of these early fairies to pre-industrial peoples, we need to recover that sense of dread."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12023674.
- catalog created "[c2000]".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "[c2000]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c2000]".
- catalog description ""At the Bottom of the Garden is a history of fairies from the ancient world to the present. Steeped in folklore and fantasy, it is a rich and diverse account of the part that fairies and fairy stories have played in culture and society." "Dianne Purkiss explains in this engrossing history that ancient fairies were born of fear: fear of the dark, of death, and of other great rites of passage, birth and sex. To understand the importance of these early fairies to pre-industrial peoples, we need to recover that sense of dread."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Ancient worlds -- Medieval dreams -- Birth and death : fairies in Scottish witch-trials -- Desire of gold and the good neighbours : the uses of fairies -- The fairy goes literary : Puck and others -- Into the Enlightenment -- Victorian fairies -- Tinker Bell's magic and the fairies' call to war -- Photographing fairies, and a Celtic revival -- Fairy bubbles and alien abductions.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-348) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 356 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0814766838 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "[c2000]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington Square, New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog subject "398/.09 21".
- catalog subject "BF1552 .P87 2000".
- catalog subject "Fairies History.".
- catalog subject "Fairies in art History.".
- catalog subject "Fairies in art.".
- catalog subject "Fairies in literature History.".
- catalog subject "Fairies in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ancient worlds -- Medieval dreams -- Birth and death : fairies in Scottish witch-trials -- Desire of gold and the good neighbours : the uses of fairies -- The fairy goes literary : Puck and others -- Into the Enlightenment -- Victorian fairies -- Tinker Bell's magic and the fairies' call to war -- Photographing fairies, and a Celtic revival -- Fairy bubbles and alien abductions.".
- catalog title "At the bottom of the garden : a dark history of fairies, hobgoblins, and other troublesome things / Diane Purkiss.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".