Erotic World of Faery -Gothick Horor, The Magic Carpet, Lamia. The Brothers Grimm & Sister Andersen, Goblin Market, Folk & The Faery, The Fairy Queen, Renaissance: Sex and Violence, St. Augustine & the Satyr, The Coming of the Fairies, The Elf

London: Cardinal Sphere Books, 1989. -----Large soft cover, tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, (viii) 401 pages plus 16 pages of b & w photo plates, ink name on ffep, minor edge wear, with maybe a dozen small check marks at rear of book in Books Cited section (very minor). "As the embodiment of repressed desires, the fairies, elves and pucks of the pre-Christian tradition run riot across the face of English literature, their subversive presence felt in Chaucer and Spenser, Shakespeare & Milton, Swift, Pope and Keats. Even the seemingsly pure sanctuary of the Victorian nursery proves not to be secure against their invasion." Contents include: Preface / St. Augustine & the Satyr / The Coming of the Fairies / The Elfin Knight / Folk & The Faery / Dramatis Personae / The Fairy Queen / Renaissance: Sex and Violence / The English Wood Near Athens / The Enchanter / Winged Creatures / Paradise Lost / Enchantin Satire / Gothick Horor / The Magic Carpet / Lamia / The Brothers Grimm and Sister Andersen / Goblin Market / Do You Believe in Faireies? / And Evr after --- / Books Cited and Consulted / index. Any image directly beside this listing is the acual book and not a stock photo. 1st Cardinal Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. Illus. by Beardsley, Titian, Thomas Campion, Inigo Jones, Thomas Stothard, Tintoretto, Doyle, J. A. Fitzgerald,. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".