{"product_id":"imagining-the-celtic-past-in-modern-fantasy-9781350350038","title":"Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern Fantasy","description":"Focusing 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?id and the \u003ci\u003eVertigen\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFrontier\u003c\/i\u003eseries by L?a 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimitra Fimi \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer in Fantasy and Children's Literature at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She has published monographs on J.R.R. Tolkien and Celtic-inspired children's Fantasy, as well as articles and essays on myth and Fantasy, medievalism, world-building, adaptation, artlangs and visual culture. She has co-edited Tolkien's manuscripts on invented languages, and has won awards for her books and essays. She sits on the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Tolkien Research\u003c\/i\u003e and co-edits the \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlistair J. P. Sims \u003c\/b\u003eis an independent scholar, bookseller and publisher at Books on the Hill, Clevedon, with a PhD in archaeology from Bangor University (2014). He has published on fantasy literature and archaeology in \u003ci\u003eFantasy Art and Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eProceedings of the 2nd European Symposium in Celtic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928936878354,"sku":"9781350350038","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6501fbc5-dc2b-49f1-a4cd-3fe0847dfed4.jpg?v=1739023780","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imagining-the-celtic-past-in-modern-fantasy-9781350350038","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}