Spiritualism to the extent that he wrote a Professor Challenger novel on the subject, The Land of Mist. His book, The Coming of the Fairies (1921) shows he was apparently convinced of the veracity of the Cottingley Fairies photographs, which he reproduced in the book, together with theories about the nature and existence of fairies and spirits. In his The History of Spiritualism (1926) Conan Doyle praised the psychic phenomena and spirit materialisations produced by Eusapia Palladino and Mina "Margery" Crandon. His work on this topic was one of the reasons that one of his short story collections, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, was banned in the Soviet Union in 1929 for supposed occultism. This ban was later lifted. Russian actor Vasily Livanov later received an Order of the British Empire for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle was friends for a time with the American magician Harry Houdini, who himself became a prominent opponent of the Spiritualist movement in the 1920s
põhjal, mida keegi teine oli varem rääkinud ning ennast ei peetud autoriks, vaid lugude vahendajaks ning kuna keskajal oli kirik ja usk väga aktuaalne ja tähtis, siis peeti kõige loojaks Jumalat hoopiski. (Talvet, 1995 : 51-70) Autoritest saame hakata rääkima alles linna- ja kurtuaassekirjandusega. Truvääridest olid tuntud prantslane Chretien de Troyes ja sakslased Wolfram von Eschenbach ja Gottfried von Strassenburg ning naisautoritest Marie de France ja Margery Kempe. (Talvet, 1995 : 51-70) Linnakirjanduses on ka väga vähesed autorid meile teada, kuid mõned vähesed on ja need on: Guillaume de lorris ja Jean de Meung ning näitekirjanikud Christipher Marlowe ja Rutbeuf. (Talvet, 1995 : 51-70) 13 6. DANTE ALIGHIER Dante Alighieri elas keskajal, kuid arvatakse, et tema looming oli see, mis lõi renessansi. Kirjutus teemad olid keskajale omased, aga see kuidas ta neile lähenes oli täiesti uudne
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