Imagining the Celtic past in modern fantasy /

edited by Dimitra Fimi and Alastair J.P. Sims.
Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Fimi, Dimitra, editor.
more
Summary:"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"--
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.
Series:Perspectives on fantasy
Subjects:
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical description: xi, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

more
Contained in: Imagining the Celtic past in modern fantasy
ISBN:9781350349995
1350349992
9781350350038
1350350036
Call Number View In Collection
A37099
Main Reading Room
Books