Fairy tale : a very short introduction
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Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
398 WARNE
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398 WARNE
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Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxix, 156 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
First published in hardback as "Once upon a time" 2014.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-147) and index.
Description
These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders, and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale. But what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality, sexuality, and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth, and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural, imagination and fantasy, psychoanalysis, and feminism. In this Very Short Introduction, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in all their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Drawing on a glittering 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Warner, M. (2018). Fairy tale: a very short introduction . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Warner, Marina, 1946-. 2018. Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Warner, Marina, 1946-. Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Warner, Marina. Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, 2018.
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