Jennifer Schacker

National Dreams

The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century England

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This engaging text makes explicit the ways in which fairy tales provide 'a space in which to encounter and then reflect upon national identities and differences.' . . . Highly recommended."--"Choice"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 338mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780812219067
• ISBN-10: 0812219066
• Artikelnr.: 22218548

Autorenporträt

By Jennifer Schacker

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The Household Tales in the Household Library: Edgar Taylor's "German
Popular Stories"
3. Everything Is in the Telling: T. Crofton Croker's "Fairy Legends and
Traditions of the South of Ireland"
4. Otherness and Otherworldliness: Edward W. Lane's "Arabian Nights"
5. The Dreams of the Younger Brother: George Webbe Dasent's "Popular Tales
from the Norse"
6. Conclusion: Dreams
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments