| Description |
x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- [ch.] 1. Spells of enchantment : an overview of the history of fairy tales -- [ch.] 2. The rise of the French fairy tale and the decline of France -- [ch.] 3. The splendor of the Arabian nights -- [ch.] 4. Once there were two brothers named Grimm -- [ch.] 5. Hans Christian Andersen and the discourse of the dominated -- [ch.] 6. The flowering of the fairy tale in Victorian England -- [ch.] 7. Oscar Wilde's tales of illumination -- [ch.] 8. Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio as tragic-comic fairy tale -- [ch.] 9. Frank Stockton, American pioneer of fairy tales -- [ch.] 10. L. Frank Baum and the utopian spirit of Oz -- [ch.] 11. Hermann Hesse's fairy tales and the pursuit of home -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
0415921503 hardback alkaline paper |
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0415921511 paperback alkaline paper |
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