{"product_id":"imagining-the-celtic-past-in-matthew-sangster-9781350349995","title":"Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on representations of Celtic motifs and traditions in post-1980s adult fantasy literature, this book illuminates how the historical, the mythological and the folkloric have served as inspiration for the fantastic in modern and popular culture of the western world. Bringing together both highly-acclaimed works with those that have received less critical attention, including French and Gaelic fantasy literature, \u003ci\u003eImagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e explores such texts as Susanna Clarke's \u003ci\u003eJonathan Strange \u0026amp; Mr Norrell\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Garner's \u003ci\u003eWeirdstone \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, the Irish fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's \u003ci\u003eRigante \u003c\/i\u003enovels, Patricia Kennealy-Morrison \u003ci\u003eKeltiad \u003c\/i\u003ebooks, as well as \u003ci\u003eAn Sgoil Dhubh\u003c\/i\u003e by Iain F. MacLed and the \u003ci\u003eVertigen \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrontier \u003c\/i\u003eseries by L饌 Silhol. Lively and covering new ground, the collection examines topics such as fairy magic, Celtic-inspired worldbuilding, heroic patterns, classical ethnography and genre tropes alongside analyses of the Celtic Tarot in speculative fiction and Celtic appropriation in fan culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introducing a nuanced understanding of the Celtic past, as it has been informed by recent debates in Celtic studies, this wide-ranging and provocative book shows how modern fantasy is indebted to medieval Celtic-language texts, folkloric traditions, as well as classical sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Sangster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350349992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350349995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Matthew Sangster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076478464255,"sku":"9781350349995","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28d4fbd7-086e-4d55-97bb-84ec48a4488a.jpg?v=1685465228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/imagining-the-celtic-past-in-matthew-sangster-9781350349995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}