The enchanted screen : the unknown history of fairy-tale films / Jack Zipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales in motion pictures.

Fairy tales--Film adaptations.

Fairy tales.

Genre:

Film adaptations.

Physical Description:

xii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Contents:

Filmic adaptation and appropriation of the fairy tale

De-Disneyfying Disney : notes on the development of the fairy-tale film

Georges Méliès : pioneer of the fairy-tale film and the art of the ridiculous

Animated fairy-tale cartoons : celebrating the carnival art of the ridiculous

Animated feature fairy-tale films

Cracking the magic mirror : re-presentations of Snow White

The trials and tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood revisited and reviewed

Bluebeard's original sin and the rise of serial killing, mass murder, and fascism

The triumph of the underdog : Cinderella's legacy

Abusing and abandoning children : "Hansel and Gretel," "Tom Thumb," "The Pied Piper," "Donkey-skin," and "The juniper tree"

Choosing the right mate : why beasts and frogs make for ideal husbands

Andersen's cinematic legacy : trivialization and innovation

Adapting fairy-tale novels

Between slave language and utopian optimism : neglected fairy-tale films of Central and Eastern Europe

Fairy-tale films in dark times : breaking molds, seeing the world anew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

ISBN:

9780415990622

0415990629

9780415990615

0415990610

OCLC:

377834772