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The Irresistible Fairy Tale

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400841828
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Irresistible Fairy Tale written by Jack Zipes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative new theory about fairy tales from one of the world's leading authorities If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread—or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold—and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation in an ever-growing variety of media. In making his case, Zipes considers a wide range of fascinating examples, including fairy tales told, collected, and written by women in the nineteenth century; Catherine Breillat's film adaptation of Perrault's "Bluebeard"; and contemporary fairy-tale drawings, paintings, sculptures, and photographs that critique canonical print versions. While we may never be able to fully explain fairy tales, The Irresistible Fairy Tale provides a powerful theory of how and why they evolved—and why we still use them to make meaning of our lives.

The Irresistible Fairy Tale

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691153388
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Irresistible Fairy Tale written by Jack Zipes and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and much more.

Why Fairy Tales Stick

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135204349
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Why Fairy Tales Stick written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135210292
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children's lives – their behavior, values, and relationship to society. As Jack Zipes convincingly shows, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. For this new edition, the author has revised the work throughout and added a new introduction bringing this classic title up to date.

Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813143918
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale written by Jack Zipes and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-04-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century. In his examinations of key classical fairy tales, Zipes traces their unique metamorphoses in history with stunning discoveries that reveal their ideological relationship to domination and oppression. Tales such as Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Rumplestiltskin have become part of our everyday culture and shapers of our identities. In this lively work, Jack Zipes explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in Western society. The fairy tale received its most "mythic" articulation in America. Consequently, Zipes sees Walt Disney's Snow White as an expression of American male individualism, film and literary interpretations of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz as critiques of American myths, and Robert Bly's Iron John as a misunderstanding of folklore and traditional fairy tales. This book will change forever the way we look at the fairy tales of our youth.

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

Author : Jack David Zipes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198605096
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales written by Jack David Zipes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss the history and development of fairy tales in cultures from all over the world and throughout history, including adaptation for film, art, opera, ballet, music, and commercial use.

Breaking the Magic Spell

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415907194
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Magic Spell written by Jack Zipes and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores, in both historical and critical contexts, the evolution of folk tales and fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them and their incorporation in mass media culture today. It focuses particularly on socio-historical forces which have changed the function of fairy tales since the 1700s.

Happily Ever After

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135252963
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Happily Ever After written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Happily Ever After is Jack Zipes's latest work on the fairy tale. Moving from the Renaissance to the present, and between different cultures this book addresses Zipes's ongoing concern with the fairy tale- its impact on children and adults, its role in the socialisation of children- as well as the future of the fairy tale on the big(and little) screen. Here are Straparola's sixteenth-century 'Puss in Boots' and a 1922 film of the story; Hansel and Gretel and child abuse; the Pinocchio of Colladi and of Walt Disney. AN ardent champion of children's literature and children's culture, Zipes writes also about oral tradition and the rise of storytelling throughout the world. But behind each of his essays lies the key question that all fairy tales will raise: what does it tale to bring about happiness? And is happiness only to be found in fairy tales?

The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria

Author : Charles Godfrey Leland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria written by Charles Godfrey Leland and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Victorian Fairy Tales

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113674410X
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Victorian Fairy Tales written by Jack Zipes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Once Upon a Time

Author : Marina Warner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198718659
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Time written by Marina Warner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan's Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.

The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales

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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624660347
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, attitudes toward history and national identity fostered a romantic rediscovery of folk and fairy tales. This is the period of the Golden Age of folk and fairy tales, when European folklorists sought to understand and redefine the present through the common tales of the past, and long neglected stories became recognized as cultural treasures. In this rich collection, distinguished expert of fairy tales Jack Zipes continues his lifelong exploration of the story-telling tradition with a focus on the Golden Age. Included are one hundred eighty-two tales--many available in English for the first time--grouped into eighteen tale types. Zipes provides an engaging general Introduction that discusses the folk and fairy tale tradition, the impact of the Brothers Grimm, and the significance of categorizing tales into various types. Short introductions to each tale type that discuss its history, characteristics, and variants provide readers with important background information. Also included are annotations, short biographies of folklorists of the period, and a substantial bibliography. Eighteen original art works by students of the art department of Anglia Ruskin University not only illustrate the eighteen tale types, but also provide delightful—and sometimes astonishing—21st-century artistic interpretations of them.

Marvelous Transformations

Author : Christine A. Jones
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1554810434
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book Marvelous Transformations written by Christine A. Jones and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marvelous Transformations is an anthology of tales and original critical essays that moves beyond canonized “classics” and old paradigms, documenting the points of historical connection between literary tales and field-based collections. This innovative anthology reflects current interdisciplinary scholarship on oral traditions and the cultural history of the print fairy tale. In addition to the tales, original critical essays, newly written for this volume, introduce readers to differing perspectives on key ideas in the field.

Frozen Fairy Tales

Author : Kate Wolford
Publisher : World Weaver Press
ISBN 13 : 9780692576076
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Frozen Fairy Tales written by Kate Wolford and published by World Weaver Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winter is not coming. Winter is here. As unique and beautifully formed as a snowflake, each of these fifteen stories spins a brand new take or offers a fresh take on an old favorite like Jack Frost, The Snow Queen, or The Frof King. From a drafty castle to a blustery Japanese villiage, from a snow-packed road to the cozy hearth of a frammhouse, from an empty coffee house in Buffalo, New York, to a cold night outside a university library, these stories fully explore the perils and possibilities of the snow, wind, ice, and bone-chilling cold that traditional fairy tale characters seldom encounter. In the bleak midwinter, heed the irresistible call of fairy tales. Just open these pages, snuggle down, and wait for an icy blast of fantasy to carry you away. With all new stories of love, adventure, sorrow, and triumph.

Teaching Fairy Tales

Author : Nancy L. Canepa
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814339360
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Teaching Fairy Tales written by Nancy L. Canepa and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars from many different academic areas will use this volume to explore and implement new aspects of the field of fairy-tale studies in their teaching and research.

The Fairy Tellers

Author : Nicholas Jubber
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
ISBN 13 : 1529389259
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book The Fairy Tellers written by Nicholas Jubber and published by Nicholas Brealey. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life’ —Amy Jeffs, author of Storyland Who were the Fairy Tellers? In this far-ranging quest, award-winning author Nicholas Jubber unearths the lives of the dreamers who made our most beloved fairy tales: inventors, thieves, rebels and forgotten geniuses who gave us classic tales such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Baba Yaga’. From the Middle Ages to the birth of modern children’s literature, they include a German apothecary’s daughter, a Syrian youth running away from a career in the souk and a Russian dissident embroiled in a plot to kill the tsar. Following these and other unlikely protagonists, we travel from the steaming cities of Italy and the Levant, under the dark branches of the Black Forest, deep into the tundra of Siberia and across the snowy fells of Lapland. In the process, we discover a fresh perspective on some of our most frequently told stories. Filled with adventure, tragedy and real-world magic, this bewitching book uncovers the stranger lives behind the strangest of tales.

Mother Earth and Her Children

Author : Sibylle Von Olfers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933308500
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Mother Earth and Her Children written by Sibylle Von Olfers and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intricate illustrations depict details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook Mother Earth and Her Children This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and delicately touches upon the circle of life. When Mother Earth calls her children to prepare for spring, the earthly children yawn and stretch before they busy themselves with beautification. They dust off the bumblebees, scrub the beetles, paint bright new coats on the ladybugs, and rouse the caterpillars from their cocoons. Bedecked with new blossoms, the children emerge from the earth and become spring flowers that frolic through the summer and autumn, until the leaves begin to fall and they return to Mother Earth, bringing the weary bugs and beetles back to their winter refuge.