The Cottingley Photographs: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden

Bihet, F. (2017) The Cottingley Photographs: Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden. wordpress.com, UK.

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Abstract

A discussion of how the Cottingley fairy photographs fit into a well established cultural motif of nineteenth and early-twentieth century children's literature involving children playing at the bottom of the garden, or just beyond the hedge boundary, with fairies. The blog traces how this motif intersected with academic folkloric studies of fairy-lore and considers how the Cottingley photographs ultimately contributed to the decline of the serious folkloric fairy into a childish flower fairy.

Publication Type: Other
Additional Information: Between Worlds: Folklore and Fairytales from Northern Britain: Guest Blog Posts
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary history > PN905 Folk literature
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary history > PN905 Folk literature > PN980 Fables
Divisions: Research Entities > The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction
Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Depositing User: Angela Roberts
Date Deposited: 01 May 2018 13:26
Last Modified: 01 May 2018 13:26
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/3345

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