At the Bottom of the Garden A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things

Name: At the Bottom of the Garden A Dark History of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Nymphs, and Other Troublesome Things
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ISBN: 9780814766866

ISBN-10: 0814766862

ISBN-13: 9780814766866

Edition: 2003

Authors: Diane Purkiss

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"Enchanting . . . witty . . . full of surprises and delights." The Times "Fascinating . . . a monstrous, magnificent fairy ride . . . Purkiss writes about nymphs and lamiae, about demons and familiars, about fairground freaks and Lost Boys, about ET and dead Elvis . . . both splendidly scholarly and breezily accessible." Sunday Times "Fascinating . . . rigorously researched . . . highly recommended." Choice "Illuminating and enormous fun." Spectator "Elegantly written and witty." The Times "A clever, bold and enriching study of an absorbing subject . . . a book that anybody intrigued by the history of the little people and their origins ought to read." Literary Review "Witty, eccentric and…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Diane Purkiss is Fellow and Tutor in English at Keble College, Oxford.