Name: Victorian Fairy Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)
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Author: Michael Newton
ISBN: 9780198825791

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Victorian Fairy Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)

Type

Physical Book

Illustrated by

Michael Newton

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Author

Michael Newton

Language

English

Pages

496

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.3 x 15.0 x 4.1 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780198825791

Synopsis "Victorian Fairy Tales (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) "

'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon...' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as W. M. Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Ford Madox Ford, and Rudyard Kipling wrote fairy tales, and authors primarily famous for their work in the genre include George MacDonald, Juliana Ewing, Mary De Morgan, and Andrew Lang. This anthology brings together fourteen of the best stories, by these and other outstanding practitioners, to show the vibrancy and variety of the form and its abilities to reflect our deepest concerns. In tales of whimsy and romance, witty satire and uncanny mystery, love, suffering, family, and the travails of identity are imaginatively explored. Michael Newton's Introduction and notes provide illuminating contextual and biographical information about the authors and the development of the literary fairy tale. A selection of original illustrations is also included.

Michael Newton

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Michael Newton (California, USA) holds a PhD in Psychology, a master's degree in Hypnotherapy, and is a member of the American Counseling Association. He is also the founder of the Newton Institute for Life Between Lives Hypnotherapy.

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