Fairies in Medieval Romance

Fairies in Medieval Romance
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 367
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ISBN-10 : 9780230119154
ISBN-13 : 0230119158
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Book Synopsis Fairies in Medieval Romance by : J. Wade

Download or read book Fairies in Medieval Romance written by J. Wade and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-05-23 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to construct a theoretical framework that not only introduces a new way of reading romance writing at large, but more specifically that generates useful critical readings of the specific functions of fairies in individual romance texts.


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