Full Description
Fairies: A Companion provides a unique and unparalleled view of the ubiquity of fairies and fairy culture across the world, in its many expressions and manifestations. As well as providing historical perspectives on our belief in the fae, the companion also uniquely traces their ongoing evolution and their importance to culture in the 21st century and beyond. Including original artworks, poems and flash fiction, this collection provides an invaluable resource for scholars and non-academics alike who want to understand the richness of our connection to fairies and what they say about our past, our present and even our tomorrows.
Contents
Acknowledgements - Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon: Introduction - Maria Giakaniki: Flash Fiction: The Blue Fairy - Part I Beginnings and Evolutions - Lesley McLean: The Cottingley Fairies (Arthur Conan Doyle, 1920) - The Science of the Supernatural - Abigayle Farrier: Changing the Changeling Trope (Patrick Doyle, 1875(?)-1888) - Saga Bokne: "Don't Call Me a Fairy" (Various, 1964-2006) - Folkloresque Metacommentary in Contemporary Fairy Fictions - Francesca Bihet: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001) - Electronic Parasites - Part II Belonging and Otherness - Angana Moitra: Queene of Phayries (Various, 1590-1602) - Tudor Fairies - Joan Ormrod: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (Susanna Clark, 2004) - Neo-19th-Century Fairies - Nick Freeman: "The New Daughter" ( John Connolly, 2004) - Fairies and Fatherhood - Lorna Piatti-Farnell: Carnival Row (Travis Beacham and René Echevarria, 2019-Present) - Fairy Ecologies of Difference - Part III Daughters, Mothers, and Godmothers - Gemma Files: The Muses - Jenny Wise and Lesley McLean: Peter Pan (Clyde Geronimi, 1953) - The Rise of Tinker Bell - Blair Speakman and Nancy Johnson-Hunt: True Blood (Alan Ball, 2008-2014) - Sookie Stackhouse as a Plaything - Amy Harris: The Daisy Chain (Aisling Walsh, 2008) - Changelings and Motherhood - Rebecca Wynne-Walsh: A Cinderella Story (Mark Rosman, 2004) - Evolution of the Fairy Godmother - Part IV By Any Other Name - Kirstin A. Mills: Quink - Jo Anna Burn: The Elves (Terry Pratchett, 1992-2003) - The Fairy Folk of Discworld - Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ( John Newland, 1973) - Mischievous Boggarts - Kristin Aubel: Rivers of London (Ben Aaronovitch, 2011-Present) - Urban(ised) Fairies - Part V Across Cultures - Clay Franklin Johnson: Poem: The Moonlight Meeting of Lord Ortho and Setareh - Shane Broderick: "The Otherworld" (Anon., c. 1200 BCE-Present) - Revenge of the Sídhe - Muskan Dhandhi and Suman Sigroha: Raja Ka Sapna [A King's Dream] (Anon., n.d.) - Haryanvi Fairies - Amy Lee: Onmyōji (Yumemakura Baku, 2003) - Female Shikigami as Japanese "Fairies" - Margaryta Golovchenko: Tecna (Iginio Straffi, 2004-Present) - Fairy of Modernity - Part VI Across Media - Kirstin A. Mills: Butterfly Magic - Allyson Wierenga: "The Sums That Came Right" (Edith Nesbit, 1901) - The Arithmetic Fairy - Péter Kristóf Makai: Changeling: The Lost (White Wolf, 2007) - Supernatural Alterity - Catalina Millán Scheiding: Prikosnovénie (Frédéric Chaplain and Sabine Adélaïde, 1991-Present) - Dark Wave Fairies - Kirstin A. Mills: The Fairy-Land of Science (Arabella Buckley, 1878) - Fairies and Science - Part VII Environmental and Ecological - J. S. Mackley: "Sir Orfeo" (Anon., Late 13th/Early 14th Century) - Medieval Fairies - Morgan Daimler: The Call (Peader O'Guilin, 2016) - Contemporising the Irish Sídhe - Sophia Lange: Magic: The Gathering (Richard Garfield, 1993-Present) - Queen Oona, Environmental Protectress - Lesley Hawkes and Kelly Palmer: FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Bill Kroyer, 1992) - Australian "Little People" - Gemma Files: Fairy of the Forest - Bibliography - Notes on Contributors - Index
