Excerpt from Edgar and Emmeline: A Fairy Tale; In a Dramatic Entertainment of Two Acts; As It Is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane
You, with boding dreams molefi Proud ambition's anxious breaft.
You, with fancied ghofis afi'right Atheii'ts in their ow'mdefpight: Bold by day,' the bluflz'ring'fpark Turns believer in the dark.
Hence - of vice to work the woe, And the weal of virtue, go!
Tko fairies go out at one door; and alt Elfina is going out at tloe other.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book scrutinizes the role of fairies in literature and the evolution of fairy characters in different time periods and under different cultural influences. The author observes how these changes reflect human attitudes and beliefs about the natural world, from regarding fairies as mischievous beings and agents of chaos, to conceptualizing them as harbingers of good fortune and benevolent magic. Drawing from literary analysis, folklore, and historical context, the author contends that the history of fairies is an allegory for the history of human consciousness. This book will fascinate anyone interested in fairy tales, folklore, and the evolution of human thought. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334963148_0
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