Victorian fairy tales

Resource Information

The work Victorian fairy tales represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Yuma County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Victorian fairy tales

Statement of responsibility

edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton

Contributor

• Newton, Michael, (Michael Stuart), 1965-

Editor

• Newton, Michael, (Michael Stuart), 1965-

Subject

• English fiction -- 19th century
• Fairy tales -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

• This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination
• "The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as W. M. Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Ford Madox Ford, and Rudyard Kipling wrote fairy tales, and authors primarily famous for their work in the genre include George MacDonald, Juliana Ewing, Mary De Morgan, and Andrew Lang. This anthology brings together fourteen of the best stories, by these and other outstanding practitioners, to show the vibrancy and variety of the form and its abilities to reflect our deepest concerns. In tales of whimsy and romance, witty satire and uncanny mystery, love, suffering, family and the travails of identity are imaginatively explored. Michael Newton's introduction and notes provide illuminating contextual and biographical information about the authors and the development of the literary fairy tale. A selection of original illustrations is also included." -- Publisher's description

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

823.8/08

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR1309.F26

LC item number

V49 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography