Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale : Thomas D. Clark Lectures - Jack Zipes

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Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale

By: Jack Zipes

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Hardcover | 1 December 1994

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Traces the history of the fairy tale, discusses its relationship with society, and looks at the interpretation of fairy tales in film and literature

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-For many readers the fascination of these essays will lie... in the revelatory detail of his close comparative textual readings.- -- Times Literary Supplement -Should be read by anyone who feels that our postindustrial culture has outgrown the need to express its desires and anxieties in the material of traditional narrative.- -- Australian Folklore "For many readers the fascination of these essays will lie... in the revelatory detail of his close comparative textual readings." -- Times Literary Supplement "Should be read by anyone who feels that our postindustrial culture has outgrown the need to express its desires and anxieties in the material of traditional narrative." -- Australian Folklore "For many readers the fascination of these essays will lie... in the revelatory detail of his close comparative textual readings." -- "Times Literary Supplement" "Should be read by anyone who feels that our postindustrial culture has outgrown the need to express its desires and anxieties in the material of traditional narrative." -- "Australian Folklore"

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Non-Fiction Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature Children's & Teenage Literature Studies General Literary Studies Society & Culture Popular Beliefs & Controversial Knowledge Folklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Origins of the Fairy Tale	p. 17
Rumpelstiltskin and the Decline of Female Productivity	p. 49
Breaking the Disney Spell	p. 72
Spreading Myths about Iron John	p. 96
Oz as American Myth	p. 119
The Contemporary American Fairy Tale	p. 139
Notes	p. 162
Bibliography	p. 175
Index	p. 186
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