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Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dimitra Fimi (Editor), Alistair J. P. Sims (Editor)Series:Perspectives on FantasyPublish date:2024-08-22Pages:232
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350350038ISBN-10:1350350036UPC:9781350350038Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & Fantasy, ModernBook Topic:20th Century, 21st CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCT4AHQ4PF
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 Weirdstonetrilogy, the Irish fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's Rigantenovels, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison Keltiadbooks, as well as An Sgoil Dhubh by Iain F. MacLe?id and the Vertigenand Frontierseries by L?a 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350350038ISBN-10:1350350036UPC:9781350350038Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Science Fiction & Fantasy, ModernBook Topic:20th Century, 21st CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCT4AHQ4PF

Dimitra Fimi is Senior Lecturer in Fantasy and Children's Literature at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She has published monographs on J.R.R. Tolkien and Celtic-inspired children's Fantasy, as well as articles and essays on myth and Fantasy, medievalism, world-building, adaptation, artlangs and visual culture. She has co-edited Tolkien's manuscripts on invented languages, and has won awards for her books and essays. She sits on the editorial board of the Journal of Tolkien Research and co-edits the Perspectives on Fantasy series.

Alistair J. P. Sims is an independent scholar, bookseller and publisher at Books on the Hill, Clevedon, with a PhD in archaeology from Bangor University (2014). He has published on fantasy literature and archaeology in Fantasy Art and Studies (2019) and Proceedings of the 2nd European Symposium in Celtic Studies (2017).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Dimitra Fimi (Editor), Alistair J. P. Sims (Editor)

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