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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792026303321

Autore

Benson Stephen (Stephen Frank)

Titolo

Cycles of influence : fiction, folktale, theory / / Stephen Benson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

0-8143-3909-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 pages)

Disciplina

809/.9113

Soggetti

Literature and folklore

Postmodernism (Literature)

Tales - History and criticism

Fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Tales in Theory: The Role of the Folktale in the Development of Narratology 2. Theory in Tales: Cycles, Levels, and Frames 3. The Idea of the Folktale in Italo Calvino Italian Folktales: Text and Contexts First Idea: Tradition and Ideology Second Idea: Singular Fantasies Third Idea: A "Geometry of Story-Telling" 4. Narrative Turns John Barth, Author of the Arabian Nights. "Familiarity Breeds Consent": Robert Coover and the Fairy Tale 5. Craftiness and Cruelty: A Reading of the Fairy Tale and Its Place in Recent Feminist Fictions "Curiosity ... Is Insubordination in Its Purest Form" Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index