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Trolls - An Unnatural History (Paperback)
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Trolls - An Unnatural History (Paperback)
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List price R421
Loot Price R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
You Save R41 (10%)
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Trolls are everywhere. They lurk on the internet; they fill the
pages of popular fantasy literature; they are hunted in Norwegian
film. They are the homeless in California; they are comforting or
threatening characters in children's books; they are amusing dolls.
Although trolls are ubiquitous today, for centuries they were
confined to the landscape of Scandinavia. They were beings in
nature, and their environment was a pre-industrial world in which
people lived by farming and fishing on a small scale. This book is
a history of trolls from their first appearances in folk tales -
some people reported actual encounters with trolls, and others
found such encounters plausible even if they were not sure - and
follows a natural transition from folklore to trolls in other
domains of popular culture. Indeed, trolls would not be interesting
had they not made this jump, first to illustrations in the Nordic
book market, then on to Scandinavian literature and drama, and far
beyond. Since then they have never gone away, and in their various
guises they continue to appeal to the imagination around the world.
From the Vikings to the Moomins, the Brothers Grimm and the Three
Billy Goats Gruff, this book explores the panoply of trolls and
their history and their continuing presence today.
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