By Christopher Wood.
The Victorians had a special love for all things fairie which this lush, revised edition proves. Brimming with iridescent visions of the little people, this is a sumptuous overview of fairy lore and Victorian sensibility. Along with beautiful color paintings, the literary side of fairies is represented with articles on the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson and others. This thoroughly researched study also examines the fairie influence in Victorian-era illustration, theatre, ballet and music.