The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales / Edited by Maria Tatar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tatar, Maria, 1945- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge Companions to Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales.

Fairy tales--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, fairy tales have increasingly become the focus of intense scholarly inquiry. In this Companion, international scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the historical origins, cultural dissemination and psychological power of fairy stories, and offer model interpretations of tales from a variety of traditions and sources, including Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and the One Thousand and One Nights. Rather than disenchanting the stories, the essays in this volume broaden our understanding of them and deepen our appreciation of the cultural work they do. A chronology and guide to further reading contribute to the usefulness of the volume for students and scholars.

Contents:

Introduction Maria Tatar

1. Fairy tales, copyright, and the public domain Valdimar Hafstein

2. Female tricksters as double agents Maria Tatar

3. While beauty sleeps Shuli Barzilai

4. Fairy-tale adaptations and economies of desire Cristina Bacchilega

5. Fairy-tale symbolism Francisco Vaz da Silva

6. Trickster heroes in 'The Boy Who Steals the Ogre's Treasure' Nancy Canepa

7. Exploring empathy and ethics in 'Tales about Three Brothers' Maria Nikolajeva

8. The creation of Cinderella from Basile to the Brothers Grimm Armando Maggi

9. The soul music of 'The Juniper Tree' Stephen Benson

10. Sex, crime, magic, and mystery in the One Thousand and One Nights Ulrich Marzolph

11. Media-hyping of fairy tales Jack Zipes

12. Transformations of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Tales from Hawthorne to Oz Holly Blackford.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jun 2015).

ISBN:

9781139381062

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