Mythology In English Literature



The Role of Mythology in Modern Literature

The bachelor of arts from George Mason University offers students the opportunity to study the following concentrations: English - Literature, English - Creative Writing, English - Film and media studies, English - Writing and rhetoric, English - Linguistics, English - Folklore and Mythology, and English - Cultural Studies. Fairy, also spelled faerie or faery, a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth in close relationship with humans. It can appear as a dwarf creature typically having green clothes and hair, living underground or in stone heaps, and characteristically exercising magic powers to benevolent ends; as a diminutive sprite commonly in the shape of a.

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Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. - Apr., 1981), pp. 35-48 (14 pages)
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