Trilby & The Crumb Fairy
Trilby & The Crumb Fairy
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Trilby & The Crumb Fairy by Charles Nodier
As a child, Charles Nodier had witnessed the guillotine in bloody action in Revolutionary France. Decades before Freud, the knowledge that nightmares could come to life made him sensitive to the irrational as an important part of experience. Rebelling against the devotion to Classical Reason hailed in 18th century France as the best way to think about any topic, Nodier championed Romanticism and Fantasy as a way to look at experiences demanding more intuitive understanding, such as beauty, terror, or love. The hell-demon Smarra (1821) was only a nightmare, the menace of a single night for the dreamer Lorenzo. But for Lucius, the ancient Greek wanderer lost inside the dream, Smarra brought literal death and a rebirth into terror. Jeannie thought the brownie Trilby (1822) was a gentle trickster, a help in the household chores. The pious monk Ronald thought a brownie was a demon, opening the way to damnation. Love might give Jeannie the courage to stand by her puckish admirer. Only Michael the Carpenter was foolish enough to believe that The Crumb Fairy (1832), the little old beggarwoman fed from the crumbs of the children's lunches was really the beautiful Queen of Sheba. But was his folly really madness - or wisdom? Ruth Berman's translations of French fantasy have been published by Aqueduct Press, Tales of the Unanticipated, Fantasy Macabre, and Space and Time. Her novel Bradamant's Quest was published by FTL Publications.
Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier wurde am 29.04.1780 in Besançon geboren; er starb am 27.01.1844 in Paris.Nodier erhielt als Sohn eines Advokaten eine gute Ausbildung und war in seiner Heimatstadt früh politisch engagiert. 1804 kam er wegen eines satirischen Gedichts gegen Napoleon kurz ins Gefängnis. 1812 wurde er dennoch kaiserlicher Bibliothekar in Laibach (Ljubljana). Ab 1815 arbeitete er in Paris als Journalist. 1821 reiste er nach Schottland, wo er auchWalter Scotttraf. Ab 1824 war er Leiter der Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. Er unterhielt in seiner Dienstwohnung einen literarischen Salon, in demVigny, MussetundHugoverkehrten.
| SKU | NIN9781612274553 |
| ISBN 13 | 9781612274553 |
| ISBN 10 | 1612274552 |
| Title | Trilby & The Crumb Fairy |
| Author | Charles Nodier |
| Condition | New |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hollywood Comics |
| Year published | 2015-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | This is a new book - be the first to read this copy. With untouched pages and a perfect binding, your brand new copy is ready to be opened for the first time |
