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Once upon a time : a short history of fairy tale /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warner, Marina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edición:First edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Once Upon a Time: Marina Warner
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • PROLOGUE
  • The Prospect
  • The Thorny Hedge: Questions of Definition
  • 1: The Worlds of Faery: Far Away & Down Below
  • Dangers & Pleasures: Shape-Shifters, Doubles, and Goblin Men
  • Folklore, Patriots, and Localism
  • 2: With a Touch of Her Wand: Magic & Metamorphosis
  • The Magic of Nature
  • Into the Woods
  • Charmed Life, Active Things
  • The Magic of Metamorphosis
  • The Magic of Words
  • 3: Voices on the Page: Tales, Tellers, & Translators
  • Mode Parisienne: Mother Goose Tales and Arabian Nights
  • Baroque Licence: Basile in Naples
  • German Dreams: The Grimm Brothers
  • Travelling Tales or Collective Unconscious?
  • The Blue Fairy Book and Ever After
  • 4: Potato Soup: True Stories/Real Life
  • Pins, Lice, Mice, & Want
  • Family Secrets
  • Extreme Crimes: Bluebeard, Serial Killer
  • Common Bonds
  • Heroic Optimism
  • 5: Childish Things: Pictures & Conversations
  • Child Readers: The Story Nook and the Niche Market
  • Darkness Rising: Fairy Tale and Contemporary Art
  • 6: On the Couch: House-Training the Id
  • The Abuses of Enchantment
  • Making a Man of Him
  • 7: In the Dock: Don't Bet on the Prince
  • Awakenings
  • 8: Double Vision: The Dream of Reason
  • In the Know: Anti-tales and Parody
  • Impossible Dreamers: Keeping Out of Hell
  • 9: On Stage & Screen: States of Illusion
  • 'What a joy it is to dance and sing!'
  • Techno-Magic: Cinema and Fairy Tale
  • Utopian Dreams/Wishful Thinking
  • EPILOGUE
  • FURTHER READING
  • GENERAL
  • PROLOGUE
  • CHAPTER 1. THE WORLDS OF FAERY: FAR AWAY & DOWN BELOW
  • CHAPTER 2. WITH A TOUCH OF HER WAND: MAGIC & METAMORPHOSIS
  • CHAPTER 3. VOICES ON THE PAGE: TALES, TELLERS & TRANSLATORS
  • CHAPTER 4. POTATO SOUP: TRUE STORIES/REAL LIFE.
  • CHAPTER 5. CHILDISH THINGS: PICTURES & CONVERSATIONS
  • CHAPTER 6. ON THE COUCH: HOUSE-TRAINING THE ID
  • CHAPTER 7. IN THE DOCK: DON'T BET ON THE PRINCE
  • CHAPTER 8. DOUBLE VISION: THE DREAM OF REASON
  • CHAPTER 9. ON STAGE & SCREEN: STATES OF ILLUSION
  • EPILOGUE
  • PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INDEX.