Postmodern Fairy Tales - Gender and Narrative Strategies

"An extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic. . . . Bacchilega has a remarkable capacity to reveal the intersections of folklore, literature, and film. Her interpretations of classical folk-tale types and their postmodern revisions . . . are stunnin

About the author

Cristina Bacchilega is Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and editor of the Italian-language volume La narrativa postmoderna in America: Testi e contesti.

Summary

"An extraordinary book, and a 'first' on the topic. . . . Bacchilega has a remarkable capacity to reveal the intersections of folklore, literature, and film. Her interpretations of classical folk-tale types and their postmodern revisions . . . are stunning."—Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota

Product details

• Authors: Cristina Bacchilega
• Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.1999
• EAN: 9780812216837
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-1683-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 218 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 276 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies