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Fairy Tale

Andrew Teverson · ISBN 9780415616065
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Publisher Taylor and Francis
Author(s) Andrew Teverson
Published 28th May 2013
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This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It:




  • explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre

  • assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale

  • provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form

  • engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

  • demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.
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