| Description |
xxix, 156 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; v. 550 |
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Very short introductions ; v. 550.
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| Note |
First published in hardback as "Once upon a time" 2014. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index. |
| Contents |
The worlds of faery: far away & down below -- With a touch of her wand: magic & metamorphosis -- Voices on the page: tales, tellers, & translators -- Potato soup: true stories/real life -- Childish things: pictures & conversations -- On the couch: house-training the id -- In the dock: don't bet on the prince -- Double vision: the dream of reason -- On stage & screen: states of illusion. |
| Summary |
Warner explores a wealth of fairy tales in all their variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Drawing on an array of examples, from classics such as Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty, the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel, and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White, Warner forms a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture. --Adapted from publisher description. |
| Subject |
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales -- Adaptations.
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Fairy tales. (OCoLC)fst00919916
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Märchenforschung (DE-588)4191459-4
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Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales -- Adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Adaptations.
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| ISBN |
9780199532155 (paperback) |
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019953215X (paperback) |
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