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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970971303321

Autore

Ashliman D. L

Titolo

Folk and fairy tales : a handbook / / D.L. Ashliman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2004

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400652011

9786612417627

9781282417625

1282417622

9780313058592

0313058598

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 268 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Greenwood folklore handbooks, , 1549-733X

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Fairy tales - Classification

Fairy tales - History and criticism

Folklore - Classification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Definitions and classifications -- Examples and texts -- Scholarship and approaches -- Contexts.

Sommario/riassunto

Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. Children learn about them from parents, teachers, and other adults, while researchers study these tales at colleges and universities. At the same time, folk and fairy tales are inseparable from everyday life and popular culture. Movies, music, art, and literature offer imaginative retellings and interpretations of fairy and folk tales. But despite the pervasiveness of this folklore type, most people have only a vague understanding of these tales.