Add to ORKGThe name fairy has been surrounded with mystery and excitement for as long as people have been telling stories about strange and supernatural beings. This essay endeavours to find similarities and differences in the magic and portrayal of fairies created by a present day author, Eoin Colfer, compared to the fairies of Celtic legends and Victorian beliefs. In order to fully understand the length of Colfer’s imagination his fairies will be compared to creations from a few of the fantasy genres biggest names: J.R.R Tolkien, James Barrie and William Shakespeare. In addition this essay aims to discover peculiarities and other distinguishing features in an advanced technological society living just a few kilometres below our feet, where the fairy...
This article discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's understanding of fantasy as a literary genre in light of his...
The concern of this essay is to trace these elements back to their ancient sources and to show that ...
The paper discusses the ideas of George MacDonald and J.R.R. Tolkien on Faërie and Fairy Stories, ba...
The name fairy has been surrounded with mystery and excitement for as long as people have been telli...
The popular idea of fairies is that of a supernatural race existing in the fancy of the folk of Nort...
Examines a number of modern fantasy novels and other works which portray fairies, particularly in op...
In Irish folktales, fairies appear quite frequently, providing an indispensable presence for the tal...
This essay explores the ways in which Sir Alfred Tennyson and William Allingham portray fairies in t...
Scholar Guest of Honor, Mythcon 2013. Explores the effects of the Cottingly fairy fraud on British l...
While the fairies shown in the play would have been known by Shakespeare’s audience, there was a cle...
In J.R.R Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories, Tolkien outlines some of the key characteristics every go...
Abstract Fantasy is a genre of literature which gives flexibility and scope to writers to explore th...
This essay is a look at a little known Irish poet, William Allingham, who invokes the fairy as a veh...
Fairies have been an intricate part of the mythology of lreland since the beginning of oral lore; ho...
Artemis Fowl, written at the dawn of the twenty-first century by Eoin Colfer, hails a new era of cy...
This article discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's understanding of fantasy as a literary genre in light of his...
The concern of this essay is to trace these elements back to their ancient sources and to show that ...
The paper discusses the ideas of George MacDonald and J.R.R. Tolkien on Faërie and Fairy Stories, ba...
The name fairy has been surrounded with mystery and excitement for as long as people have been telli...
The popular idea of fairies is that of a supernatural race existing in the fancy of the folk of Nort...
Examines a number of modern fantasy novels and other works which portray fairies, particularly in op...
In Irish folktales, fairies appear quite frequently, providing an indispensable presence for the tal...
This essay explores the ways in which Sir Alfred Tennyson and William Allingham portray fairies in t...
Scholar Guest of Honor, Mythcon 2013. Explores the effects of the Cottingly fairy fraud on British l...
While the fairies shown in the play would have been known by Shakespeare’s audience, there was a cle...
In J.R.R Tolkien’s essay On Fairy Stories, Tolkien outlines some of the key characteristics every go...
Abstract Fantasy is a genre of literature which gives flexibility and scope to writers to explore th...
This essay is a look at a little known Irish poet, William Allingham, who invokes the fairy as a veh...
Fairies have been an intricate part of the mythology of lreland since the beginning of oral lore; ho...
Artemis Fowl, written at the dawn of the twenty-first century by Eoin Colfer, hails a new era of cy...
This article discusses J.R.R. Tolkien's understanding of fantasy as a literary genre in light of his...
The concern of this essay is to trace these elements back to their ancient sources and to show that ...
The paper discusses the ideas of George MacDonald and J.R.R. Tolkien on Faërie and Fairy Stories, ba...