Fairies: A Dangerous History

In the late 17th century, fairies were believed to be descended from fallen angels and had the power to destroy the world. They retained this edge of danger in literature and art, and in the past 30 years, eco-warriors and conservationists have exploited the link between fairies and nature. This book tells the story of the many fairy terrors that lay behind Titania or Tinkerbell.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books

In the late seventeenth century, fairies were considered to be descendants of fallen angels and possessed the power to destroy the world. These beliefs, along with detailed sightings, persisted until the twentieth century. In literature and art, fairies retained their edge of danger, from the wild magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the dark glamour of Keats and the improbably erotic poem "Goblin Market." The amoral otherness of fairies coexisted with the newly delicate or feminized creations of the Victorian world. In the past thirty years, the enduring link between fairies and nature has been explored by eco-warriors and conservationists, from Ireland to Iceland. This book, now available in paperback, delves into the many fairy terrors that lay behind Titania or Tinkerbell.

In the late seventeenth century, fairies were considered to be descendants of fallen angels and possessed the power to destroy the world. These beliefs, along with detailed sightings, persisted until the twentieth century. In literature and art, fairies retained their edge of danger, from the wild magic of A Midsummer Night's Dream to the dark glamour of Keats and the improbably erotic poem "Goblin Market." The amoral otherness of fairies coexisted with the newly delicate or feminized creations of the Victorian world. In the past thirty years, the enduring link between fairies and nature has been explored by eco-warriors and conservationists, from Ireland to Iceland. This book, now available in paperback, delves into the many fairy terrors that lay behind Titania or Tinkerbell.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789141207