Imagining the Celtic past in modern fantasy / edited by Dimitra Fimi and Alastair J.P. Sims.
| Other author | Fimi, Dimitra, editor. |
| Other author | Sims, Alastair J. P., editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | https://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781350350007 |
| Supplemental Content | EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Kortext |
| Subjects |
| Series | Perspectives on fantasy |
| Contents | Introduction / Dr Dimitra Fimi -- Part 1: Celticity as Fantastic Intrusion. 1. Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know : The Celtic Fairy Realm in Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell / K.A. Laity ; 2. The Evolution of Alan Garner's Celticity in Boneland / Gwendolen Grant ; 3. Woman as Goddess in the Irish Fantasies of Jodi McIsaac / Kris Swank -- Part 2: Celtic Fantasy Worlds and Heroes. 4. The Heroic Biographies Of Cú Chulainn and Connavar in the Rigante Series / Alistair J. P. Sims ; 5. Classical Ethnography and the World(s) of the Rigante / Anthony Smart ; 6. Celts in Spaaaaace! / Cheryl Morgan -- Part 3: Celtic Fantasy Beyond the Anglophone. 7. From Vertigen to Frontier : The Fate of the Sidhes in Léa Silhol's Fiction / Viviane Bergue ; 8. 'Chaidh e nas doimhne agus nas doimhne ann an seann theacsaichean' : Gaelic history and legend in An Sgoil Dhubh by Iain F. MacLeòid / Duncan Sneddon -- Part 4: Fantastic Perceptions of Celticity. 9. The Celtic Tarot in Speculative Fiction / Juliette Wood ; 10. Celtic Appropriation in Twenty-First-Century Fantasy Fan Perceptions / Angela R. Cox. |
| Abstract | "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"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 10, 2023). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Imagining the Celtic past in modern fantasy London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023 9781350349995 |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism |
| Genre/form | Literary criticism. |
| Genre/form | Critiques littéraires. |
| LCCN | 2022041473 |
| ISBN | 9781350350014 electronic book |
| ISBN | 135035001X electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781350350007 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1350350001 electronic book |
| ISBN | 9781350350021 electronic book |
| ISBN | 1350350028 electronic book |
| ISBN | hardcover |
| ISBN | paperback |
| Stock number | 9781350350014 codeMantra |
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