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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
July 2, 2013
Pages
183
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438443546
ISBN-10
1438443544
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$26.95
Other format details
university press
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Picture This | The Classic Fairy Tales | Madness and Civilization | Alice to the Lighthouse | The Case of Peter Pan | Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion | Sesame Street and the Reform of Children's Television | Convergence Culture | Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Intriguing, updated portraits of classic fairy tale authors.
This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales. For years these authors, who wrote from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, have been either little known or known through skewed, frequently sentimentalized biographical information. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were cast as exemplars of national virtues; Hans Christian Andersenâs life becameâwith his participationâa fairy tale in itself. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the prim governess who wrote moral tales for girls, had a more colorful past than her readers would have imagined, and few people knew that nineteen-year-old Marie-Catherine dâAulnoy conspired to kill her much-older husband. Important figures about whom little is known, such as Giovan Francesco Straparola and Giambattista Basile, are rendered more completely than ever before. Uncovering what was obscured for years and with newly discovered evidence, contributors to this fascinating and much-needed volume provide a historical context for Europeâs fairy tales.
âA stellar cast of international scholars, including Ruth Bottigheimer, Nancy Canepa, and Shawn Jarvis, have produced these portraits. Several of the entries were translated by the editor, who also provides a graceful introduction. A slender and very valuable contribution to fairy tales studies, this book will be useful to a broad audience ⦠Highly recommended.â â CHOICE
ââ¦a handbook which will be of considerable use for teaching and research ⦠this collection is welcome, not least for its international reach, which should make the fairy tale a particularly rewarding genre for students of comparative literature.â â Times Literary Supplement
This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales. For years these authors, who wrote from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, have been either little known or known through skewed, frequently sentimentalized biographical information. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were cast as exemplars of national virtues; Hans Christian Andersenâs life becameâwith his participationâa fairy tale in itself. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, the prim governess who wrote moral tales for girls, had a more colorful past than her readers would have imagined, and few people knew that nineteen-year-old Marie-Catherine dâAulnoy conspired to kill her much-older husband. Important figures about whom little is known, such as Giovan Francesco Straparola and Giambattista Basile, are rendered more completely than ever before. Uncovering what was obscured for years and with newly discovered evidence, contributors to this fascinating and much-needed volume provide a historical context for Europeâs fairy tales.
âA stellar cast of international scholars, including Ruth Bottigheimer, Nancy Canepa, and Shawn Jarvis, have produced these portraits. Several of the entries were translated by the editor, who also provides a graceful introduction. A slender and very valuable contribution to fairy tales studies, this book will be useful to a broad audience ⦠Highly recommended.â â CHOICE
ââ¦a handbook which will be of considerable use for teaching and research ⦠this collection is welcome, not least for its international reach, which should make the fairy tale a particularly rewarding genre for students of comparative literature.â â Times Literary Supplement
Editions
Hardcover
from State Univ of New York Pr (October 27, 2012)
9781438443553 | details & prices | 183 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $75.00
About: This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales.
About: This book offers new, often unexpected, but always intriguing portraits of the writers of classic fairy tales.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from State Univ of New York Pr (July 2, 2013)
9781438443546 | details & prices | 183 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $26.95
About: Intriguing, updated portraits of classic fairy tale authors.
About: Intriguing, updated portraits of classic fairy tale authors.
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