Enchanted Screen - The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films

Zusatztext "Jack Zipes takes us beyond Disney and DreamWorks to the many films that draw on fairy-tale sorcery for their cinematic power. With fierce analytic energy! encyclopedic inclusiveness! and imaginative verve! he enlivens an expansive history that reaches back to Georges Méliès's enchantments and ends with the complex grotesqueries of Pan's Labyrinth and Little Otik." Maria Tatar! Harvard University"The Enchanted Screen is a labor of love and a major work of scholarship! encyclopedic in reach and rich in sustained and detailed thinking. The 'unknown history' of fairy-tale film is lucky to have found such a skilled and dedicated narrator." Stephen Benson! University of East Anglia Norwich"Last year! Zipes (emer.! Univ. of Minnesota) contributed a foreword for Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity (CH! Mar'11! 48-3760)! a delightful collection edited by Pauline Greenhill and Sidney Eve Matrix. This year! Zipes presents an extensive! well-organized study of fairy tales in the film genre. Zipes's knowledge of films from a wide variety of cultures is admirable. In the silent era! fairy tales provided filmmakers worthy material free of copyright expense. From the 1930s on! the film industry was able to put old wine into new bottles with both color and sound! a la Walt Disney and filmmakers in other parts of the world. Taking a fresh approach to major films! Zipes avoides the heavy use of jargon and instead offers clear! direct commentary on the films themselves and their oral and literary sources ... Zipes gives the reader 10 pages of endnotes! 12 pages of bibliography! 38 pages of filmography! and a thorough index--all in fine print. The influence of this book will extend for decades. Summing Up: Essential. All readers."CHOICE! June 2011 (R. Blackwood! City Colleges of Chicago)"The true achievement of this book is its astute! perceptive! and thought-provoking discussion ... This intellectually stimulating book should be informative and enjoyable for a wide range of readers. At once a satisfying read and a valuable reference source! this is a solid and worthwhile scholarly effort." Mihaela Mihailova! Yale University (The Historical Journal of Film! Radio and Television! 2011)"The subtitle of the book is The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films; what Zipes has done in this book! as he has done in all his work! is to make that history known."-Children's Literature Association Quarterly"This colossal book offers a thorough and yet whimsical overview of the foundational role of fairy tales in filmmaking. Zipes! with his usual acerbic wit and inspiring expertise! takes readers on a journey through the historical facets of fairy-tale films! ranging from major studio productions to little-known art pieces. While the scope of Zipes' research and the acuity of his analysis alone are breathtaking! the passion with which Zipes writes about this subject impressed me deeply. The themes to which Zipes returns again and again in his interpretations - home! the uncanny! the family - provide powerful explanatory frames that help make his case that "most fairy-tale films have deep roots in oral and literary tales and re-create them with great imaginative and artistic power" (xi). Indeed! Zipes demonstrates this point and in so doing! provides the rest of us (fairy-tale scholars! film scholars! and scholars in adjacent disciplines) with an essential companion for research! teaching! and entertainment." Jeana Jorgensen! Journal of Folklore Research Informationen zum Autor Jack Zipes is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Minnesota and has previously held professorships at New York University, the University of Munich, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Florida. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and has worked with children's theaters in France, Germany, Canada, and the United States. In 1997, he founded a storytelling and creative dra...

List of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Part I

1. Filmic Adaptation and Appropriation of the Fairy Tale

2. De-Disneyfying Disney: Notes on the Development of the Fairy-Tale Film

3. Georges Méliès: Pioneer of the Fairy-Tale Film and the Art of the Ridiculous

4. Animated Fairy-tale Cartoons: Celebrating the Carnival Art of the Ridiculous

5. Animated Feature Fairy-Tale Films

Part II

6. Cracking the Magic Mirror: Re-Presentations of Snow White

7. The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood Revisited and Reviewed

8. Bluebeard's Original Sin and the Rise of Serial Killing, Mass Murder, and Fascism

9. The Triumph of the Underdog: Cinderella's Legacy

10. Abusing and Abandoning Children: "Hansel and Gretel," "Tom Thumb," "The Pied Piper," "Donkey-Skin," and "The Juniper Tree"

11. Choosing the Right Mate: Why Beasts and Frogs Make for Ideal Husbands

12. Andersen's Cinematic Legacy: Trivialization and Innovation

Part III

13. Adapting Fairy-Tale Novels

14. Between Slave Language and Utopian Optimism: Neglected Fairy-Tale Films of Central and Eastern Europe

15. Fairy-Tale Films in Dark Times: Breaking Molds, Seeing the World Anew

Bibliography

Filmography

Report

"Jack Zipes takes us beyond Disney and DreamWorks to the many films that draw on fairy-tale sorcery for their cinematic power. With fierce analytic energy, encyclopedic inclusiveness, and imaginative verve, he enlivens an expansive history that reaches back to Georges Méliès's enchantments and ends with the complex grotesqueries of Pan's Labyrinth and Little Otik." Maria Tatar, Harvard University
"The Enchanted Screen is a labor of love and a major work of scholarship, encyclopedic in reach and rich in sustained and detailed thinking. The 'unknown history' of fairy-tale film is lucky to have found such a skilled and dedicated narrator." Stephen Benson, University of East Anglia Norwich
"Last year, Zipes (emer., Univ. of Minnesota) contributed a foreword for Fairy Tale Films: Visions of Ambiguity (CH, Mar'11, 48-3760), a delightful collection edited by Pauline Greenhill and Sidney Eve Matrix. This year, Zipes presents an extensive, well-organized study of fairy tales in the film genre. Zipes's knowledge of films from a wide variety of cultures is admirable. In the silent era, fairy tales provided filmmakers worthy material free of copyright expense. From the 1930s on, the film industry was able to put old wine into new bottles with both color and sound, a la Walt Disney and filmmakers in other parts of the world. Taking a fresh approach to major films, Zipes avoides the heavy use of jargon and instead offers clear, direct commentary on the films themselves and their oral and literary sources ... Zipes gives the reader 10 pages of endnotes, 12 pages of bibliography, 38 pages of filmography, and a thorough index--all in fine print. The influence of this book will extend for decades. Summing Up: Essential. All readers."
CHOICE, June 2011 (R. Blackwood, City Colleges of Chicago)
"The true achievement of this book is its astute, perceptive, and thought-provoking discussion ... This intellectually stimulating book should be informative and enjoyable for a wide range of readers. At once a satisfying read and a valuable reference source, this is a solid and worthwhile scholarly effort." Mihaela Mihailova, Yale University (The Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 2011)
"The subtitle of the book is The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films; what Zipes has done in this book, as he has done in all his work, is to make that history known."
-Children's Literature Association Quarterly
"This colossal book offers a thorough and yet whimsical overview of the foundational role of fairy tales in filmmaking. Zipes, with his usual acerbic wit and inspiring expertise, takes readers on a journey through the historical facets of fairy-tale films, ranging from major studio productions to little-known art pieces. While the scope of Zipes' research and the acuity of his analysis alone are breathtaking, the passion with which Zipes writes about this subject impressed me deeply. The themes to which Zipes returns again and again in his interpretations - home, the uncanny, the family - provide powerful explanatory frames that help make his case that "most fairy-tale films have deep roots in oral and literary tales and re-create them with great imaginative and artistic power" (xi). Indeed, Zipes demonstrates this point and in so doing, provides the rest of us (fairy-tale scholars, film scholars, and scholars in adjacent disciplines) with an essential companion for research, teaching, and entertainment." Jeana Jorgensen, Journal of Folklore Research

Product details

• Authors: Jack Zipes, Jack (University of Minnesota Zipes, Jack D. Zipes, Jack David Zipes, Zipes Jack
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2010
• EAN: 9780415990615
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99061-5
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Humanities, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general