The Book of Romance - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1449130887 ISBN 13: 9781449130886

Publisher: IndyPublish, 2009

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The story of Wayland the Smith is very ancient. An ivory in the British Museum, apparently Of the eighth century, represents Wayland making the cups out Of the skulls. As told here the legend is adapted from the amplified version by Oehlenschlager. Scott's use Of the story in Kenilworth will be remembered.
All the romances are written by Mrs. Lang, except the story of Grettir the Strong, done by Mr. H. S. C. Everard from the saga translated by Mr. William Morris.
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Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture On Fairy-Stories.

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