| Postmodern Fairy Tales: Gender and Narrative Strategies Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bacchilega, Cristina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812216830 ISBN-13: 9780812216837 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1999 Annotation: "Postmodern Fairy Tales" seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary studies. It focuses on the narrative strategies through which women are portrayed in four classic stories: "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Bluebeard." Bacchilega traces the oral sources of each tale, offers a provocative interpretation of contemporary versions by Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Margaret Atwood, and Tanith Lee, and explores the ways in which the tales are transformed in film, television, and musicals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Criticism | Feminist - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 398.2 |
| LCCN: 96049318 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.53" W x 8.49" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary studies. It focuses on the narrative strategies through which women are portrayed in four classic stories: Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, and Bluebeard. Bacchilega traces the oral sources of each tale, offers a provocative interpretation of contemporary versions by Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Margaret Atwood, and Tanith Lee, and explores the ways in which the tales are transformed in film, television, and musicals. |