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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, Imagining the Celtic Past in Modern
Fantasy explores such texts as Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange
& Mr Norrell, Alan Garner's Weirdstone trilogy, the Irish
fantasies of Jodi McIsaac, David Gemmell's Rigante novels, Patricia
Kennealy-Morrison Keltiad books, as well as An Sgoil Dhubh by Iain
F. MacLeoid and the Vertigen and Frontier series by Lea 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. 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.
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