Jane Yolen Quote

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all have for the Faerie Other.


Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood (ed. Philomel, 1981)


The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all...

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all...

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all...

The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we all...