Anti-tales : the uses of disenchantment /
The anti-(fairy) tale has long existed in the shadow of the traditional fairy tale as its flipside or evil twin. According to Andre Jolles in Einfache Formen (1930), such Antimarchen are contemporaneous Other some the earliest known oral variants of familiar tales. While fairy tales are generally...
| Други автори: | McAra, Catriona., Calvin, David. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Newcastle :
Cambridge Scholars,
2011.
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Anti-tales. |
| Резюме: |
The anti-(fairy) tale has long existed in the shadow of the traditional fairy tale as its flipside or evil twin. According to Andre Jolles in Einfache Formen (1930), such Antimarchen are contemporaneous Other some the earliest known oral variants of familiar tales. While fairy tales are generally characterised by a "spirit of optimism" (Tolkien) the anti-tale offers us no such assurances; for every "happily ever after," there is a dissenting "they all died horribly." The anti-tale is, however ... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9781443830553 1443830550 1283142996 9781283142991 |