The Irresistible Fairy Tale

Zusatztext "Zipes gives a masterful and hopeful description of the genre and its inclinations." ---Jill Terry Rudy, Marvels & Tales Informationen zum Autor Jack Zipes is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota and the author! translator! and editor of dozens of studies and collections of folk and fairy tales. His recent books include Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre ! Relentless Progress: The Reconfiguration of Children's Literature! Fairy Tales! and Storytelling ! and The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films . Zusammenfassung Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Zipes, Jack David Zipes, Zipes Jack
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2012
• EAN: 9780691153384
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15338-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 241 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Folklore, myths & legends, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form