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Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy
Verlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P36295693
EAN: 9781350350038
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Zustellung: Di, 29.09.2026
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Beschreibung
Focusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as inspiration for the fantastic in modern and popular culture of the western world. Bringing together both highly-acclaimed works with those that have received less critical attention, including French and Gaelic fantasy literature, Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy. explores such texts as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. , Alan Garner's Weirdstone. trilogy, the Irish fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's Rigante. novels, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison Keltiad. books, as well as An Sgoil Dhubh. by Iain F. MacLeòid and the Vertigen. and Frontier. series by Léa Silhol. Lively and covering new ground, the collection examines topics such as fairy magic, Celtic-inspired worldbuilding, heroic patterns, classical ethnography and genre tropes alongside analyses of the Celtic Tarot in speculative fiction and Celtic appropriation in fan culture. Introducing a nuanced understanding of the Celtic past, as it has been informed by recent debates in Celtic studies, this wide-ranging and provocative book shows how modern fantasy is indebted to medieval Celtic-language texts, folkloric traditions, as well as classical sources.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Dimitra Fimi
- Alistair J. P. Sims
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2024
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 232