A Sense of the Magical: Names in Lord Dunsany’s The King of Elfland’s Daughter

Contributing to the enchantment of the author’s celebrated prose, the names in Lord Dunsany’s best-known novel evoke a world of fairytale, myth, and song; ring true to the characters and places they designate; and fashion themselves into a constellation of correspondences in sound, form, and sense....

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Main Author: Christopher L. Robinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2015-10-01
Series:Names
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Online Access:http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2052