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The fairies in English tradition and literature, [by] K.M. Briggs

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The fairies in English tradition and literature, [by] K.M. Briggs

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eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 241-250

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illustrations

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non fiction

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The fairies in English tradition and literature

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bibliography

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712523

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[by] K.M. Briggs

Table Of Contents

PART ONE: The Fairy Peoples -- I. Historic survey -- II. The fairy realms -- III. Tutelary spirits -- IV. Forgotten Gods and nature spirits -- V. The host of the dead -- VI. Hobgoblins and Imps -- VII. Giants, Hags and Monsters -- VIII. Fairy beasts -- IX. Fairy plants -- X. Regional differences -- PART TWO: Traffic with Fairies -- XI. The fairy dependence -- XII. Time and seasons -- XIII. Fairy Morality: The double strain -- XIV. Changelings and midwives -- XV. Fairy wives and fairy lovers -- XVI. Fairy encounters and odd experiences -- XVII. Human opinions -- PART THREE: Some Literary Fairies -- XVIII. The Poets: eighteenth century -- XIX. The Poets: the nineteenth century and after -- XX. The foreign invasion -- XXI. The moralists -- XXII. Folklorist and collectors -- XXIII. The humourists -- XXIV. Whimsy -- XXV. Something to bite on -- Appendix I. Fairy Types and individuals -- II. Extracts from fairy poems -- III. The Cottingley fairies

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