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The Irish fairy tale : a narrative tradition from the Middle Ages to Yeats and Stephens /

Through an original analysis of its structure and dynamics, the fairy tale ceases to be one of the many genres of fantastic narrative and rises to become a category, a universal modality both of the storytelling and of a world vision. The objective is to render the fairy tale a sort of emblematic lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carrassi, Vito
Otros Autores: Wren, Kevin, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Italiano
Publicado: [Rome] : Lanham, Md. : John Cabot University Press : Distributed by University Of Delaware Press in partnership with the Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Celtic Legacy and Christian Syncretism; Chapter 2. The Precursors of Yeats in the Recovery of the Narrative Tradition; Chapter 3. A Rebirth in the Light of the Tradition; Chapter 4. The Fairy Tale Between Fabula and Historia; Chapter 5. The Process of Composition of the Fairy Tale; Chapter 6. Plurality and Metanarrativity in the Fairy Tale; Chapter 7. The Significance of the Fairy Tale in Historical and Cultural Contexts; Chapter 8. Between the Fairy Tale and the Tale; Chapter 9. Narrative Construction and Reconstruction of the World.
  • Chapter 10. Beyond Ireland: A General PerspectiveSelected Bibliography; Index; About the Author.