A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Debbie Felton, editor.

Series:

The Cultural Histories Series

The Cultural Histories Series v1.

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--Criticism.

Fairy tales.

Folklore--myths and legends.

Folklore.

History--Ancient.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 230 pages)

Place of Publication:

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2021

System Details:

text file HTML/PDF

Summary:

Spanning chronologically from the third millennium BCE through to the seventh century CE and beyond, and geographically from the Mediterranean to the Near East and Asia, this book explores the earliest known evidence of familiar folk tales and fairy tales in the ancient world. Drawing on sources including the Rig Veda, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Old Testament, the Westcar Papyrus, and the Odyssey, this volume ranges from epic poetry to drama, to fables and proverbs, and from ancient histories to novels. Scholars in Classics, Anthropology, Folklore, and Asian Studies examine the dissemination, adaptation, and cross-cultural interactions of early forms of folk tales, providing new insights into how they functioned and circulated across different societies. An essential resource for researchers, scholars, and students of literature, history, and cultural studies, contributors explore themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaption, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, space,socialization, and power.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Forms of the Marvelous (Graham Anderson)

2. Adaptation (Emanuele Lelli (translated from the Italian by Debbie Felton))

3. Gender and Sexuality (Serinity Young)

4. Humans and Non-Humans (Kenneth Kitchell)

5. Monsters and the Monstrous (Debbie Felton)

6. Space (Julia Doroszewska and Janek Kucharski)

7. Socialization (Dominic Ingemark and Camilla Asplund Ingemark)

8. Power (Debbie Felton)

References

Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

ISBN:

9781350093805

OCLC:

1353242933

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9781350093805

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.