Antonia, Nina - Postcards from Fairyland

A richly illustrated document of England's mythic landscape through antique postcards. THE FIRST BOOK OF ITS KIND, exploring the profound influence of folklore and superstition on place names and topography via visual media. RICHLY ILLUSTRATED WITH HUNDREDS OF RARE VISUAL ARTEFACTS, many of them never reprinted before. CONTINUES THE AUTHOR'S WELL-REGARDED EXPLORATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY FOLKLORE. What remains of Elfin England? Postcards From Fairyland: Missives From England's Magical Landscapes excavates a hidden topography haunted by boggarts, imps, hobgoblins, and fairies through the lost art of the picture postcard. Compiled and authored by Nina Antonia and richly illustrated with hundreds of colour and black and white images, this unique survey illuminates a shadowy landscape teetering on the brink of modernity, where devils, witches, and pucks once ran riot before the technologies of steam train and streetlamp sent them scurrying into obscurity.