# Elfin music

Author: Waite, Arthur Edward, 1857-1942 [Compiler]; Sharp, William, 1855-1905 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76286

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Elfin+music+Waite&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

INTRODUCTION—Revival of the Romantic element in modern poetry—Origin of the term “Fairy”—Fays of early French literature—Source of the conceptions at the base of English fairy poetry—Huon de Bordeaux—Oberon—Spiritual traditions of Gothic and Celtic nations—Lineage of the fairies—Romance of Orfeo and Heurodis—Stature of the fairies—Their religious faith—The Fairy Queen—Robin Goodfellow—The elfin hierarchies—Romaunt of the Knight Launfal—Value of English fairy poetry—Plan of the present anthology ix

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/elfin-music-76286/chapters/15/index.md)