From its roots in the oral tradition to the sophisticated, postmodernist reworkings of the present day, the fairy tale has retained its powerful hold over the cultural imagination of Europe and North America for centuries. This book provides an authoritative reference source for this genre, exploring the tales themselves, both ancient and modern, the writers who wrote and reworked them and the artists who illustrated them, and related topics such as film, art, opera, ballet, music and advertising. An introductory overview ...
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From its roots in the oral tradition to the sophisticated, postmodernist reworkings of the present day, the fairy tale has retained its powerful hold over the cultural imagination of Europe and North America for centuries. This book provides an authoritative reference source for this genre, exploring the tales themselves, both ancient and modern, the writers who wrote and reworked them and the artists who illustrated them, and related topics such as film, art, opera, ballet, music and advertising. An introductory overview by Jack Zipes sets the subject in its historical and literary context, and survey articles explore the development of the fairy-tale tradition in individual countries, focusing particularly on the European and North American traditions. With more than 800 entries written by a team of 67 contributors from around the world, this should be a useful companion for anyone interested in literature, film or art, or for anyone who values the traditions of storytelling.
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New York and Oxford. 2000. Oxford University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0198601158. 603 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration: detail of an illustration by Edmund Dulac from The Buried Moon. keywords: Fairy Tales Reference. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales provides an authoritative reference source for this complex, captivating genres exploring the tales themselves, both ancient and modern, the writers who wrote and reworked them and the artists who illustrated them, and related topics such as film, art, opera, ballet, music, even advertising. An introductory overview by Jack Zipes sets the subject in its historical and literary context, and special survey articles explore the development of the fairy-tale tradition in individual countries, focusing particularly on the European and North American traditions. With more than 800 entries written by a team of 67 specialist contributors from around the world, 70 beautiful illustrations, and a detailed bibliography, this is an essential companion for anyone interested in literature, film, or art, or for anyone who values the traditions of storytelling. TALES: Alice in Wonderland, Jack tales, The Little Prince, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, The Wizard of Oz. WRITERS FROM THE PAST: Hans Christian Andersen, Frank L. Baum, Lewis Carroll, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Washington Irving C. S. Lewis, Sean O'Casey, Charles Perrault, J. R. R. Tolkien. WRITERS FROM THE PRESENT: Joan Aiken, Margaret Atwood, A. S. Byatt. Astrid Lindgren, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Terry Pratchett, Salman Rushdie. ILLUSTRATORS: Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs, Randolph Caldecott, Walter Crane, George Cruikshank, Gustav Dore, Kate Greenaway, Lois Lenski, Maurice Sendak. ASSOCIATED TOPICS: advertising, cartoons, Disney, fantasy literature, feminism, opera, oral tradition, psychology, science fiction, television, Victorian fairy painting. inventory #40716.
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