Fantastic histories (Medieval fairy narratives and the limits of wonder)
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Product Details
Author:
Victoria Flood
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
304
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (January 20, 2026)
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
College/higher education
ISBN-13:
9781526195852
ISBN-10:
1526195852
Weight:
12.48oz
Dimensions:
5.43" x 8.5" x 0.64"
File:
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$36.95
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
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$28.45
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P-PER
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A
Case Pack:
20
Overview
Fantastic Histories explores the political and cultural contexts of the entry of fairies to the historical record in twelfth century England, and the subsequent uses of fairy narratives in both insular and continental history and romance. It traces the uses of the fairy as a contested marker of historicity and fictionality in the histories of Gerald of Wales and Walter Map, the continental mirabilia of Gervase of Tilbury, and the fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French Mélusine romances and their early English reception. Working across insular and continental source material, Fantastic Histories explores the practices of history-writing, fiction-making, and the culturally determined boundaries of wonder that defined the limits of medieval history.
