A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Modern Age

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Drawing together contributions from an international range of scholars in history, literature, and cultural studies, this volume uniquely examines creative applications of fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It explores how the fairy tale has become a genre that flourishes on film, on TV, and in digital media, as well as in the older technologies of print, performance, and the visual arts. An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history, the visual arts and cultural studies, this book explores such themes and topics as: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power. A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set) A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Modern Age is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales , tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Teverson
• Assisted by: Andrew Teverson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2025
• EAN: 9781350594159
• ISBN: 978-1-350-59415-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Series: The Cultural Histories Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Folklore, myths & legends, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Children's & teenage literature studies, Literary studies: from c 2000