Bibliograph

Once upon a time, a short history of fairy tale, Marina Warner

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Once upon a time, a short history of fairy tale, Marina Warner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Once upon a time

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

899134793

Responsibility statement

Marina Warner

Sub title

a short history of fairy tale

Summary

Marina Warner has loved fairy tales over her long writing career, and she explores here a multitude of tales through the ages, their different manifestations on the page, the stage, and the screen. From the phenomenal rise of Victorian and Edwardian literature to contemporary children's stories, Warner unfolds a glittering array of examples, from classics such as Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty, the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel, and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White and gothic interpretations such as Pan's Labyrinth. In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner digs into a rich collection of fairy tales in their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. She makes a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture

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