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''Kingdoms of Elfin'' is a short story collection by Sylvia Townsend Warner, published in 1977, a year before her death. The stories are an interconnected series of satirical fantasy stories detailing the manners of the fairy courts of Europe. 〔Darrell Schweitzer, "Warner, Sylvia Townsend", () in ''St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers'', edited by David Pringle.London, St. James Press, 1996; ISBN 1-55862-205-5 (pp 589-90).〕 It was Warner's last published work. The stories range across various traditional lands of Europe and beyond, including Brocéliande in Brittany, Elfhame in Scotland, Mynydd Prescelly in Wales, the Forest of Arden and Bury St. Edmunds in England, and as far away as the Peris of Persia. ==Contents== The collection includes sixteen stories, fourteen of which originally appeared in ''The New Yorker''. Endpaper maps are by Anita Karl. * "The one and the other" * "The five black swans" * "Elphenor and Weasel" * "The blameless trianle" * "The revolt at Brocéliande" * "The mortal milk" * "Beliard" * "Visitors to a castle" * "The power of cookery" * "Winged creatures" * "The search for an ancestress" * "The climate of exile" * "The late Sir Glamie" * "Castor and Pollux" * "The occupation" * "Foxcastle" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kingdoms of Elfin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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