Trolls : an unnatural history / / John Lindow
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| Autore: |
Lindow John
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| Titolo: |
Trolls : an unnatural history / / John Lindow
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 398.21 |
| Soggetto topico: | Trolls |
| Folklore - Scandinavia | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Trolls: An Unnatural History; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Earliest Trolls; 2. Medieval Trolls; 3. Folklore Trolls; 4. Fairy-tale Trolls and Trolls Illustrated; 5. Trolls in Literature; 6. Trolls, Children, Marketing and Whimsy; Epilogue; Sources and Further Reading; Acknowledgements and Photo Acknowledgements; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Trolls lurk under bridges waiting to eat children, threaten hobbits in Middle-Earth, and invade the dungeons of Hogwarts. Often they are depicted as stupid, slow, and ugly creatures, but they also appear as comforting characters in some children's stories or as plastic dolls with bright, fuzzy hair. Today, the name of this fantastic being from Scandinavia has found a wider reach: it is the word for the homeless in California and slang for the antagonizing and sometimes cruel people on the Internet. But how did trolls go from folktales to the World Wide Web? To explain why trolls still hold our |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Trolls |
| ISBN: | 1-78023-565-8 |
| 1-78023-330-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787301303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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