192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction 1. Definitions 2. The Establishment of a Literary Genre 3. Critical Methodologies 4. Fairy Tales and Ideology in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 5. An Adaptable Genre: Multi-Media Fairy Tale Conclusion
Biography
Andrew Teverson is Director of Studies for English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University London. He is author of Salman Rushdie (2007)
