Fairy Poems
Author: contributors, Various
ISBN: 9781841598291
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 164mm x 113mm x 20mm
Format: Hardback
Descripition:
A deeply researched treasury of fairy poems from across the centuries and around the world.
Elves, changelings, leprechauns, pixies, brownies and sprites; England's Queen Mab, France's Melusine, Scandinavian nixies and Scottish selkies- these magical creatures are sometimes mischievous, sometimes dangerous, always enchanting. This collection brings together a diverse array of literary fairies- here are Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Titania, Keats's Belle Dame Sans Merci, of course, but also Rimbaud's 'Fairy', Goethe's 'Erl-King', Denise Levertov's 'Elves', Sylvia Plath's 'Lorelei', Christopher Okigbo's 'Watermaid', Neil Gaiman's 'The Fairy Reel' and Patience Agbabi's changeling boy ('The Double').
ISBN: 9781841598291
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 164mm x 113mm x 20mm
Format: Hardback
Descripition:
A deeply researched treasury of fairy poems from across the centuries and around the world.
Elves, changelings, leprechauns, pixies, brownies and sprites; England's Queen Mab, France's Melusine, Scandinavian nixies and Scottish selkies- these magical creatures are sometimes mischievous, sometimes dangerous, always enchanting. This collection brings together a diverse array of literary fairies- here are Spenser's Faerie Queene, Shakespeare's Titania, Keats's Belle Dame Sans Merci, of course, but also Rimbaud's 'Fairy', Goethe's 'Erl-King', Denise Levertov's 'Elves', Sylvia Plath's 'Lorelei', Christopher Okigbo's 'Watermaid', Neil Gaiman's 'The Fairy Reel' and Patience Agbabi's changeling boy ('The Double').
