Abstract
This chapter examines Andrew Lang's tendency to position himself, and his Scottish identity, within his writing, as exemplified in The Blue Fairy Book, The Gold of Fairnilee and A Creelfull of Celtic Stories. It argues that Lang reflects desire, not as a longing for his own childhood home, but instead for the imagining of Scotland as the border of or parallel to the fairy realm. The chapter provides a brief account of Lang's theories on universality, as defined in his texts on anthropology and in the prefaces to his Fairy Book collection. The section Theories of Universality details Lang's theories as developed across his anthropological texts. The chapter also provides the background information on the collection, including debates surrounding its relevance as folkloric material. Keywords:A Creelfull of Celtic Stories; Andrew Lang; The Blue Fairy Book ; The Gold of Fairnilee
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