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Benson Stephen F (Stephen Frank) |
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Cycles of influence : fiction, folktale, theory / / Stephen Benson |
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Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (312 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Literature and folklore |
Postmodernism (Literature) |
Tales - History and criticism |
Fiction - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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