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Fairy Tales and Society

2014-12-05 Social Science
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Release : 2014-12-05
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Fairy Tales and Society by : Ruth B. Bottigheimer

Download or read book Fairy Tales and Society written by Ruth B. Bottigheimer. This book was released on 2014-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. A few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the 1001 Nights; the female voice in folklore and fairy tale; change in narrative form; tests, tasks, and trials in the Grimms' fairy tales; and folklorists as agents of nationalism. The subject of methodology is discussed by Torborg Lundell, Stven Swann Jones, Hans-Jorg Uther, and Anna Tavis.

Fairy Tales in Popular Culture

2014-08-05 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2014-08-05
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Fairy Tales in Popular Culture by : Martin Hallett

Download or read book Fairy Tales in Popular Culture written by Martin Hallett. This book was released on 2014-08-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wasn’t so long ago that the fairy tale was comfortably settled as an established and respectable part of children’s literature. Since the fairy tale has always been a mirror of its times, however, we should not be surprised that in the latter part of the twentieth century it turned dark and ambiguous; its categorical distinction between good and evil was increasingly at odds with the times. Yet whatever changes the fairy tale may have undergone, its cultural popularity has never been greater. Fairy Tales in Popular Culture sets out to show how the tale has been adapted to meet the needs of the contemporary world; how writers, film-makers, artists, and other communicators have found in its universality an ideal vehicle for speaking to the here-and-now; and how social media have created a participatory culture that has re-invented the fairy tale. A selection of recent retellings show how the tale is being recalibrated for the contemporary world, first through the word and then through the image. In addition to the introductions that precede each section, the anthology provides a selection of critical pieces that offer lively insight into various aspects of the fairy tale as popular culture.

Japanese Tales

2012-08-22 Fiction
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Release : 2012-08-22
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis Japanese Tales by : Royall Tyler

Download or read book Japanese Tales written by Royall Tyler. This book was released on 2012-08-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred and twenty tales from medieval Japan—tales that welcome us into a fabulous faraway world populated by saints, scoundrels, ghosts, magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese civilization. They ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished culture. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Fairy Tale

2018 Fairy tales
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Release : 2018
Genre : Fairy tales
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Book Synopsis Fairy Tale by : Marina Warner

Download or read book Fairy Tale written by Marina Warner. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan's Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.

The Nursery Rhyme Book

1897 Animals
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Release : 1897
Genre : Animals
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Book Synopsis The Nursery Rhyme Book by : Andrew Lang

Download or read book The Nursery Rhyme Book written by Andrew Lang. This book was released on 1897. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles."

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