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I've\nnoticed many striking similarities, but have just been reading through\nrather than stopping to take notes.\n\n\nHas anyone else read this book, and do you agree with me as to it's being a\nlikely source for Wolfe?" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "David Duffy", "address": "david.duffy at qimr.edu.au" }, "date": "2012-01-19T00:43:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Evans-Wentz' Fairy Faith", "in_reply_to": "<20120118145541.9660.qmail@server281.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Brian wrote:\nI've been reading Evan Wentz' \"The Fairy-Faith i Celtic Countries,\" and \nI'm fairly convinced it's one of the sources Wolfe uses for his \nresearch. I've noticed many striking similarities, but have just been \nreading through rather than stopping to take notes.\n\nHas anyone else read this book, and do you agree with me as to it's \nbeing a likely source for Wolfe?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I've looked through it, and agree it might be a source. But Wolfe always \nmentions Andrew Lang's books as a childhood love. Lang also edited _The \nSecret Commonwealth_, and his intro to that covers similar ground to \nEvans-Wentz. Another source might be Dunsany eg _Curse of the Wise \nWoman_.\n\n\nCheers, David Duffy." } ] }, { "message_id": "<20120119142801.18411.qmail@server281.com>", "from": { "name": "Brian", "address": "brian at studiobl.com" }, "date": "2012-01-19T14:28:01+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Evans-Wentz' Fairy Faith", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Since I didn't take notes, I don't have a complete list, but a couple of\nthings stand out. A female fairy who walked through nettles as if they\nweren't there, and the idea that if one fairy in a group raises his hand,\nthey all do, as if they were actually all the same being. How many darn\nfairies are in that group, anyway?\n\n\nOn Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Brian wrote: > I've been reading Evan Wentz' \"The\nFairy-Faith i Celtic Countries,\" and > I'm fairly convinced it's one of\nthe sources Wolfe uses for his > research. I've noticed many striking\nsimilarities, but have just been > reading through rather than stopping\nto take notes. > > Has anyone else read this book, and do you agree with\nme as to it's > being a likely source for Wolfe? I've looked through\nit, and agree it might be a source. But Wolfe always mentions Andrew\nLang's books as a childhood love. Lang also edited _The Secret\nCommonwealth_, and his intro to that covers similar ground to\nEvans-Wentz. Another source might be Dunsany eg _Curse of the Wise\nWoman_. Cheers, David Duffy." } ] }, { "message_id": "<4F18AA16.5030005@verizon.net>", "from": { "name": "David Stockhoff", "address": "dstockhoff at verizon.net" }, "date": "2012-01-19T23:41:10+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Evans-Wentz' Fairy Faith", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On 1/18/2012 7:43 PM, David Duffy wrote:\nOn Wed, 18 Jan 2012, Brian wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I've been reading Evan Wentz' \"The Fairy-Faith i Celtic Countries,\" \nand I'm fairly convinced it's one of the sources Wolfe uses for his \nresearch. I've noticed many striking similarities, but have just \nbeen reading through rather than stopping to take notes.\n\nHas anyone else read this book, and do you agree with me as to it's \nbeing a likely source for Wolfe?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I've looked through it, and agree it might be a source. But Wolfe \nalways mentions Andrew Lang's books as a childhood love. Lang also \nedited _The Secret Commonwealth_, and his intro to that covers \nsimilar ground to Evans-Wentz. Another source might be Dunsany eg \n_Curse of the Wise Woman_." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The Kirk/Lang book is hard to find. But you can read it at \nhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sce/index.htm" } ] } ] }