![]() ![]() Garner has indeed remained within this neo-pagan world view ever since - dropping the fantasy and focusing more on the folklore. The folklore element comes partly from his own local knowledge, but also substantially from the 'neo-pagan' revival including the methods and stance of Robert Graves The White Goddess. Garner adds his own distinctive elements, in the very detailed setting of both stories is his birthplace and home Alderley Edge in Cheshire and an element of British folklore which is blended with the fantasy. ![]() ![]() I can still recall (sitting on my tree platform retreat! - book in hand) an almost delirious excitement at finding a book featuring two children encountering the world of magic surviving (hidden) into modern times, and containing Tolkien-like dwarves and a wizard, and convincing but strange elves. I first encountered them in my mid teens, Gomrath first, caught fishing in the village library shelves - therefore read them initially in reverse order. I have just finished reading aloud the two earliest Alan Garner books, which is always a good test. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and The Moon of Gomrath (1963). ![]()
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