The Devil on Dartmoor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12911666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Harte (Hess (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83-94 |
| Publication date | 2008-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Time and Mind (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1751-696X • E-ISSN: 1751-6978 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175169608783489071 |
| OpenAlex | W2087700985 |
| Language | EN |
Visitors to Devon are offered tales of the Devil on Dartmoor as if these were a timeless, sinister tradition of the moor folk. Historical analysis shows instead that the legends were worked into their present form by folklorists creating a guidebook literature for the new phenomenon of Dartmoor tourism. From 1840 onward, the stories took on an imaginative life which was irrelevant to the lived experience of Dartmoor people but which remained popular among outsiders because it framed their aesthetic responses to the moor.Keywords: DartmoorfolkloreDevilromanticismWistman's WoodVictoriantourism
Archaeology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Landscape and Cultural Studies · Spatial and Cultural Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |