| Description |
xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature. |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Fairy tales, copyright, and the public domain -- Female tricksters as double agents -- While beauty sleeps : the poetics of male violence in Perceforest and Almodóvar's Talk to her -- Fairy-tale adaptations and economies of desire -- Fairy-tale symbolism -- Trickster heroes in "The boy steals the ogre's treasure" -- Exploring empathy and ethics in tales about three brothers -- The creation of Cinderella from Basile to the Brothers Grimm -- The soul music of "The juniper tree" -- Sex, crime, magic, and mystery in the Thousand and one nights -- Media-hyping of fairy tales -- Transformations of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tales from Hawthorne to Oz. |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Summary |
"Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, fairy tales have increasingly become the focus of intense scholarly inquiry. In this Companion, international scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the historical origins, cultural dissemination and psychological power of fairy stories, and offer model interpretations of tales from a variety of traditions and sources, including Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and the One Thousand and One Nights. Rather than disenchanting the stories, the essays in this volume broaden our understanding of them and deepen our appreciation of the cultural work they do." -- Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Fairy tales.
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Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales. (OCoLC)fst00919916
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Tatar, Maria, 1945- editor of compilation.
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| ISBN |
9781107031012 (hbk) |
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110703101X (hbk) |
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9781107634879 (pbk) |
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1107634873 |
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