Once upon a time there was truth : or, why we need fairy tales / Jack Zipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Essays on imagining a better world in dark times, from one of our most esteemed scholars of fairy tales Fairy tales take us to a world where magic is commonplace, where wishing works, where the conflicts in our hearts are literalized in the world around us.

Contents:

Introduction: The Possibilities of the Impossible

1. The Evolution of Fairy Tales in Europe and North America

2. Of Cats and Men : The Civilizing Discourse of the Fairy Tale

3. Courageous Children and Complicit Adults : The Enigma of "Hansel and Gretel"

4. The Merry Dance of the Nutcracker : Discovering the World Through Fairy Tales

5. Rescuing Utopia : Notes on De-Disneyfication

6. Return to Oz : L. Frank Baum and the Utopian Spirit

Epilogue: Ernst Bloch’s Enlightened View of the Fairy Tale; or, Why the Grimms’ Tales Will Always Be Relevant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Zipes, Jack Once upon a Time There Was Truth

ISBN:

9780300289725

OCLC:

1585500582