Contemporary fiction and the fairy tale / edited by Stephen Benson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benson, Stephen, 1969-

Series:

Series in fairy-tale studies.

Series in fairy-tale studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English fiction.

Literature and folklore--History--20th century.

Literature and folklore.

Fairy tales in literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Intertextuality.

Literary form--History--20th century.

Literary form.

Physical Description:

209 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considers the profound influence of fairy tales on contemporary fiction, including the work of Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Salman Rushdie, and Jeanette Winterson.

Contents:

Introduction: fiction and the contemporaneity of the fairy tale / Stephen Benson

Penetrating to the heart of The bloody chamber : Angela Carter and the fairy tale / Sarah Gamble

Migrant fictions : Salman Rushdie and the fairy tale / Andrew Teverson

"Ancient forms" : myth, fairy tale, and narrative in A.S. Byatt's fiction / Elizabeth Wanning Harries

Margaret Atwood and the fairy tale : postmodern revisioning in recent texts / Sharon R. Wilson

The late fairy tales of Robert Coover / Stephen Benson

Theorizing fairy-tale fiction, reading Jeanette Winterson / Merja Makinen

Extrapolating from Nalo Hopkinson's Skin folk : reflections on transformation and recent English-language fairy-tale fiction by women / Cristina Bacchilega.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814335826

0814335829

OCLC:

778073878