The King of Elfland’s Daughter (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: Erl, a village in Elfland
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Love or romance, Villages, Heroes or heroism, Quest, Chivalry, Swords
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
A poet, novelist, and playwright (he worked with William Butler Yeats at the Abbey Theatre), Lord Dunsany draws upon Irish fable and myth to situate the story of The King of Elflands Daughter. The novel opens with the Parliament of Erl asking for a “magic” lord to rule them because for seven hundred years there has been “no new thing.” To accommodate them, their present Lord asks his son Alveric to “pass the fields we know” into Elfland in order to marry Lirazel, the kings daughter. Alveric’s father gives him his ancient battle sword for his...
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