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Fairies in Medieval Romance [PDF ebook]

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This is the first book to construct a theoretical framework that not only introduces a new way of reading romance writing at large, but more specifically that generates useful critical readings of the specific functions of fairies in individual romance texts.

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Fairies and humans between possible worlds Avalon: simulacra and fictional facts Beyond orthodoxy: tests and quests Fairy mistresses: gifts and taboos

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JAMES WADE Emmanuel College Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK

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язык английский ● Формат PDF ● страницы 212 ● ISBN 9780230119154 ● Размер файла 2.4 MB ● издатель Palgrave Macmillan US ● город New York ● Страна US ● опубликованный 2011 ● Загружаемые 24 месяцы ● валюта EUR ● Код товара 4883517 ● Защита от копирования Социальный DRM

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