Spellbound: The Fairy Tale and the Victorians

by Molly Clark Hillard

In examining the relationship between fairy tales and Victorian culture, Molly Clark Hillard concludes that the Victorians were "spellbound" novelists, poets, and playwrights were self-avowedly enchanted by these tales. At the same time, Spellbound: The Fairy Tale and the Victorians shows that literary genres were bound to the fairy tale and dependent on its forms and figures to make meaning. But these "spellbound" literary artists also feared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081425280X
• ISBN13: 9780814252802
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"