Fairy Tale

ebook

By Andrew Teverson

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Format

ebook

ISBN

9780415616058

Author

Andrew Teverson

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Release

19 June 2013

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Subjects

Children Literary Criticism Nonfiction

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This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It:

  • explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre
  • assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale
  • provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form
  • engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
  • demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.

    • Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9780415616058

    Author

    Andrew Teverson

    Publisher

    Taylor & Francis

    Release

    19 June 2013

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    Subjects

    Children Literary Criticism Nonfiction
    Fairy Tale