Victorian Fairy Tales Damien Poulain challenging myths about queerness –

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Victorian Fairy Tales Damien Poulain challenging myths about queerness –Victorian Fairy Tales, edited by Michael Newton (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) 444 pages ISBN 9780198825791 *** 'The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon' The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth century