Victorian Fairy Tales

Ed. by Newton, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 149mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 641g
• ISBN-13: 9780199601950
• ISBN-10: 019960195X
• Artikelnr.: 41770472

Autorenporträt

Newton, Michael

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Note on the Texts
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of the Victorian Fairy Tale
PROLOGUE: Grimm, 'Rumpel-Stilts-Kin' and Hans Christian Andersen, 'The Princess and the Peas'
ROBERT SOUTHEY, 'The Story of the Three Bears'
JOHN RUSKIN, 'The King of the Golden River'
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, 'The Rose and the Ring'
GEORGE MACDONALD, 'The Golden Key'
DINAH MULOCK CRAIK, 'The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak'
MARY DE MORGAN, 'The Wanderings of Arasmon'
JULIANA HORATIA EWING, 'The First Wife's Wedding Ring'
OSCAR WILDE, 'The Selfish Giant'
ANDREW LANG, 'Prince Prigio'
FORD MADOX FORD, 'The Queen Who Flew'
LAURENCE HOUSMAN, 'The Story of the Herons'
KENNETH GRAHAME, 'The Reluctant Dragon'
E. NESBIT, 'Melisande'
RUDYARD KIPLING, 'Dymchurch Flit'
APPENDIX: What is a Fairy Tale?'
John Ruskin, 'Introduction' to German Popular Tales
Juliana Horatia Ewing, 'Preface' to Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales
George MacDonald, 'The Fantastic Imagination'
Laurence Housman, 'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales
Explanatory Notes