The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies / Robert Kirk ; introduction by Marina Warner.
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies / Robert Kirk ; introduction by Marina Warner.
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies / Robert Kirk ; introduction by Marina Warner.
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Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2007]
Call Numbers
G 2020/2417
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Language
English
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Physical content
xl, 95 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- The secret commonwealth -- A short treatise of the Scottish-Irish charms and spells -- An exposition of the difficult words in the foregoing treatises -- Notes -- Further reading.
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Publisher
New York : New York Review Books, [2007]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2007]
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Summary
"Late in the seventeenth century, Robert Kirk, an Episcopalian minister in the Scottish Highlands, set out to collect his parishioners' many striking stories about elves, fairies, fauns, wraiths, and other beings of, in Kirk's words, "a middle nature betwixt man and angel". For Kirk these stories constituted strong evidence for the reality of a su...
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The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies / Robert Kirk ; introduction by Marina Warner.
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New York Review Books classics
Originally published: London : D. Nutt, 1893.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-91).
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G 2020/2417
Record Identifier
74VKaPoazvR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPoazvR3
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ISBN
9781681373560
9781590171776 (alk. paper)
1590171772 (alk. paper)
1681373564
DDC
130
MMS ID
991024314114002626
