Fantasy Fiction and Welsh Myth: Tales of Belonging

Filmer-Davies, Kath

This book examines how contemporary fantasy literature offers critical insights into western society and culture by drawing on the ancient myths of Wales. These books emphasise the need to have a set of social and personal values in order to be free from a sense of dislocation and alienation in a highly technologised society and in order to satisfy the sense of 'hiraeth' or longing for a place where one truly belongs.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1996-10-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780333650295

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-24991-6

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 177