Troublesome Things: A History of Fairies and Fairy Stories (Allen Lane History S.)

by Diane Purkiss

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Titania and Oberon, Puck and Peaseblossom capture our modern idea of what fairies are or might be. Show me a child who hasn't clapped their hands to keep Tinkerbell's fluttering heart from fading away or watched in delight as Disney's fairies flit across a woodland glade. But this pretty pastel world of gauzy winged things who grant wishes and make dreams come true is predated by a darker, denser world of gorgons, goblins and gellos; the ancient antecedents of Shakespeare's mischievous Puck or J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan. For, as Diana Purkiss explains in this engrossing history, ancient fairies were...Read more
  • ISBN10 014028172X
  • ISBN13 9780140281729
  • Publish Date 1 November 2001 (first published 7 December 2000)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 August 2003
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 368
  • Language English