[The New Middle Ages 01] • Fairies in Medieval Romance

[The New Middle Ages 01] • Fairies in Medieval Romance
Authors
Wade, James
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN
9780230110205
Date
2011-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.43 MB
Lang
en
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This study offers new approaches for considering the unique narrative possibilities of fairies in medieval romance, from Geoffrey of Monmouth’s *Historia Regum Britannie* to Thomas Malory’s *Morte d’Arthur*. James Wade provides a counter-reading to theories of the Celtic origins of medieval fairies and suggests ways in which these unusual figures can help us think about the internal logics of medieval romance.