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KINGDOMS OF ELFIN, by Sylvia Townsend Warner Let us establish this at the very beginning: these are not Tolkien’s elves, neither the noble and aloof elves of The Lord of the Rings, not the passionate and reckless elves of the Silmarillion. Where they are passionate, it is of another type altogether. They are sophisticated, fashionable creatures, egotistical, and selfish, and even though capable of intense /5(54). 7 rows ·  · Warner explores the morals, domestic practices, politics, and passions of the kingdoms of Elfin Brand: Handheld Press.  · Sylvia Townsend Warner. Kingdoms of Elfin. 18th May By. £ ‘A book for anyone who has heard the horns of Elfin in the distance at twilight, as much as it is for readers who crave fine literature and are certain that elves and their kingdoms are bosh.’. Neil bltadwin.rubility: In stock.

Kingdoms of Elfin. ( ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. Handheld Classics. English. By (author) Sylvia Townsend Warner. Share. Endorsed by Neil Gaiman and Greer Gilman, this new edition of Sylvia Townsend Warner's final collection of short stories brings her fantasy writing to a new readership. Originally published in The New Yorker, and. Fiona Mountain is in conversation with Kate Macdonald about Handheld's republication of Kingdoms of Elfin. Sylvia Townsend Warner's final collection of shor. The Journal for (issue 2) has the following articles: • "Introduction" to Kingdoms of Elfin (Handheld Press, ) - Ingrid Hotz-Davies. • The Sylvia Townsend Warner Conference, April - Howard J. Booth and Gemma Moss. • Innocence, Naivety, Directness: Children in Sylvia Townsend Warner's Fiction - Jan Montefiore.

KINGDOMS OF ELFIN, by Sylvia Townsend Warner Let us establish this at the very beginning: these are not Tolkien’s elves, neither the noble and aloof elves of The Lord of the Rings, not the passionate and reckless elves of the Silmarillion. Where they are passionate, it is of another type altogether. They are sophisticated, fashionable creatures, egotistical, and selfish, and even though capable of intense attachments, they are generally fickle: essentially a cold-hearted species. Delicate Magics: Sylvia Townsend Warner’s. Kingdoms of Elfin. At the entrance to the town they put on visibility. It made them no warmer, and impaired their self-esteem. In the last decade of. Kingdoms of Elfin Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Kingdoms of Elfin by Warner, Sylvia Townsend, Publication date Topics Fairies.