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- catalog abstract ""Although fairies are now banished to the realm of childhood, these diminutive figures were central to the work of many Victorian painters, novelists, poets and even scientists. It would be no exaggeration to say that the Victorians were obsessed with fairies: yet this obsession has hitherto received little scholarly attention. Nicola Bown reminds us of the importance of fairies in Victorian culture. In the figure of the fairy, the Victorians crystallised contemporary anxieties about the effects of industrialisation, the remoteness of the past, the value of culture and the way in which science threatened to undermine religion and spirituality. Above all, the fairy symbolised disenchantment with the irresistible forces of progress and modernity. As these forces stripped the world of its wonder, the Victorians consoled themselves by dreaming of a place and people suffused with enchantment that was disappearing from their own lives."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12311627.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Although fairies are now banished to the realm of childhood, these diminutive figures were central to the work of many Victorian painters, novelists, poets and even scientists. It would be no exaggeration to say that the Victorians were obsessed with fairies: yet this obsession has hitherto received little scholarly attention. Nicola Bown reminds us of the importance of fairies in Victorian culture. In the figure of the fairy, the Victorians crystallised contemporary anxieties about the effects of industrialisation, the remoteness of the past, the value of culture and the way in which science threatened to undermine religion and spirituality. Above all, the fairy symbolised disenchantment with the irresistible forces of progress and modernity. As these forces stripped the world of its wonder, the Victorians consoled themselves by dreaming of a place and people suffused with enchantment that was disappearing from their own lives."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-229) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Small enchantments -- 1. Fancies of Fairies and spirits and nonsense -- 2. Queen Mab among the steam engines -- 3. A few fragments of fairyology, shewing its connection with natural history -- 4. A broken heart and a pocket full of ashes.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 235 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521793157".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 33".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "700/.475 21".
- catalog subject "Arts, Victorian Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "Fairies in art.".
- catalog subject "NX652.F34 B69 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Small enchantments -- 1. Fancies of Fairies and spirits and nonsense -- 2. Queen Mab among the steam engines -- 3. A few fragments of fairyology, shewing its connection with natural history -- 4. A broken heart and a pocket full of ashes.".
- catalog title "Fairies in nineteenth-century art and literature / Nicola Bown.".
- catalog type "text".