The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales

Herausgeber: Tatar, Maria

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A lively account of the historical origins, evolution, dissemination and influence of some of the simplest and most universal stories ever created. Essays by leading scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the diverse interpretations these tales have attracted over the centuries and the reasons for their ongoing power.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781107634879
• ISBN-10: 1107634873
• Artikelnr.: 41493024

Inhaltsangabe

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.