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Fairies and Fairy Stories: A History

Fairies and Fairy Stories: A History

by Diane Purkiss (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

    $15.74
Synopsis

Presenting a history of fairies, in a different light to that of usual, with them presented as darker and menacing trouble makers

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 236
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Tempus Publishing Ltd
Published: 28 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 075244073X
ISBN 13: 9780752440736

Media Reviews
Both illuminating and enormous fun. Spectator
Author Bio
Diane Purkiss graduated from the University of Queensland before taking her D.Phil at Merton College, Oxford. She worked as professor of English at Exeter Universiry before becoming senior tutor in English at Keble College, Oxford. She specialises in the supernatural, women's writing and folklore, and has written several books on women's history and witchcraft, notably 'The Witch in History'. She lives in Oxford.