Ordinary Wonder Tales Urquhart Emily
Ordinary Wonder Tales Urquhart Emily A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine--and reveals the magic in the everyday. "I prefer the term wonder tale, which…
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Ordinary Wonder Tales Urquhart Emily
A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine--and reveals the magic in the everyday. "I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. "I've always felt that the term fairy tale doesn't quite capture the essence of these stories," writes Emily Urquhart.
In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let 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.
Ordinary Wonder
Beyond the Pale Urquhart Emily
Wonder Tales
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Magical Wonder Tales
Tales of Wonder
Away Urquhart Jane