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UNINA9911145315403321 |
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Autore |
Anderson Graham |
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Titolo |
Ancient fairy and folk tales : an anthology / / Graham Anderson |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2019 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-77900-3 |
0-429-77901-1 |
0-429-43244-5 |
9780429432446 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (227 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fairy tales - History and Critism |
Folklore - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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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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Introduction: Who's been telling my tale? -- The classic fairy tale -- Arts of variation: Cinderellas and Snow Whites -- Otherworldly encounters -- Siren women -- Rewards and punishments I -- Rewards and punishments II: Three innocent slandered maidens -- Tricksters -- Traditional heroes, magic objects -- Animal tales -- Tiny people -- Miscellaneous tales. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This anthology explores the multitude of evidence for recognisable fairy tales drawn from sources in the much older cultures of the ancient world, appearing much earlier than the 17th century where awareness of most fairy tales tends to begin. It presents versions of Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes, Snow White, The Frog Prince and a host of others where the similarities to familiar modern' versions far outweigh the differences. Here we find Cinderella as a courtesan, Snow White coming to a tragic end or an innocent heroine murdering her sisters. We find an emperor's new clothes where the flatterers compare him to Alexander the Great, or a pair of adulterers caught in a magic trap. Tantalising fragments suggest that there is more to be discovered: we can point to a Sleeping Beauty where the girl takes on the green colouring of the surrounding wood, or we encounter a Rumpelstiltskin connected to a mystery cult. The overall picture suggests a much richer |
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