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James Wade.
Fairies in Medieval Romance.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan.
Series: The New Middle Ages.
Publication due: May 2011.
Page count: 226pp.

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Hardback ISBN 9780230110205, £52.00

Description:

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.

Contents:
Fairies and humans between possible worlds
Avalon: simulacra and fictional facts
Beyond orthodoxy: tests and quests
Fairy mistresses: gifts and taboos