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Workers' tales : socialist tairy tales, fables, and allegories from Great Britain /

A collection of political tales--first published in British workers' magazines--selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael RosenIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared frequently in socialist-leaning...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rosen, Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Oddly modern fairy tales.
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  • Intro; Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; TALES; An Old Fable Retold William Morris, 1884; Fables for the Times-I: The Monkeys and the Nuts 'Utile Dulci', 1884; Fables for the Times-II: The Political Economist and the Flowers Anon., 1884; Aristos and Demos D.F. Hannigan, 1887; A Dream of Queer Fishes (A Modern Prose Idyll) H.S.S., 1887; Chips H. Bellingham, 1888; Nobody's Business Elihu, 1892; The History of a Giant: Being a Study in Politics for Very Young Boys Keir Hardie, 1893; The Man without a Heart F.J. Gould, 1893.
  • A Terrible Crime Dan Baxter, 1893Tom Hickathrift Edited by Joseph Jacobs, 1894; Jack Clearhead: A Fairy Tale for crusaders, and to be read by them to their fathers and mothers Keir Hardie M.P., 1894; The Four Friends: A Translation Anon., 1894; The Princesses J.H., 1895 (adapted); The New Shilling Dan Baxter, 1895; The Harebell's Sermon 'The Fairy', 1895; Little Red Riding Hood C. Allen Clarke, 1895; A Mystery Caroline E. Derecourt Martyn, 1896; Odin and his One Eye T. Robinson, 1896; The Elves and Fairies T. Robinson, 1896; A Monkey Story Dan Baxter, 1896.
  • Elfhome (Charlie's Garden) T. Robinson, 1897A Fairy Tale for Tired Socialists C.S.J., 1898; The Golden Egg Joseph Grose, 1901; When Death Crossed the Threshold E. Whittaker, 1903; The Doll Shop Frank Starr, 1903; The Scarlet Shoes. (The Story of a Serio- comic Walking Tour and its Tragic End.) Harford Willson, 1906; He, She, and It M. Winchevsky, 1906; An Idyll of the Dover Road. A True Story McGinnis, 1907; His Sister. A Little Spangle of Real Life Glanville Maidstone, 1907; "Happy Valley." A Fairy Tale Anon., 1907; The Peasants and the Parasites. A Fable R.B. Suthers, 1908.
  • The Eternal Feminine C.L. Everard, 1908The Myopians' Muddle Victor Grayson, 1909; A Martian's Visit to Earth. Being a Literal Translation into English of the Preface to an Account by a Martian of his Visit to England A.L. Grey, 1909; Nightmare Bridge Glanville Maidstone, 1910; The Fool and the Wise Man W. Anderson, 1910; The May-Day Festival in the Year 1982 'Optimus', 1911; Mary Davis; or the Fate of a Proletarian Family. A Lesson Given to the Glasgow S.L.P. Socialist Sunday School Tom Anderson, 1912; The Lost Vision. A Spring Fantasy Victor Grayson, 1912.
  • The Aerial Armada. What Took Place in A.D 2012 Frank Starr, 1913Mr. Prowser-Wowser Edward Hartley, 1913; Behind the Wall Schalom Asch, 1913; Alice in Sunderland. A Baffling Mystery 'Casey', 1914; It Can't Be Done! A History of Impossibilities Edward Meyer, 1914; NOTES; REFERENCES; NOTES ON AUTHORS; NOTES ON JOURNALS.