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Ordinary Wonder Tales: Essays

Emily Urquhart
4.01/5 (279 ratings)
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A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine-and reveals the magic in the everyday.

"I've always felt that the term fairy tale doesn't quite capture the essence of these stories," writes Emily Urquhart. "I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories." In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm-or the onset of a loved one's dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, psychics, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
240 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Biblioasis
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1771965053
ISBN13:
9781771965057
kindle Asin:
B09XY4CBBQ

Ordinary Wonder Tales: Essays

Emily Urquhart
4.01/5 (279 ratings)
Read Download
A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine-and reveals the magic in the everyday.

"I've always felt that the term fairy tale doesn't quite capture the essence of these stories," writes Emily Urquhart. "I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories." In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm-or the onset of a loved one's dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, psychics, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
240 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Biblioasis
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1771965053
ISBN13:
9781771965057
kindle Asin:
B09XY4CBBQ

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