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Postmodern Fairy Tales : Gender and Narrative Strategies / Cristina Bacchilega.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812216837
  • 9780812200638
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2
LOC classification:
  • GR550 -- B33 1997eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Performing Wonders -- 2. The Framing of "Snow White" -- 3. Not Re(a)d Once and for All -- 4. In the Eye of the Beholder -- 5. "Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold" -- Epilogue. Peopling the Bloody Chambers: "Once upon Many Times" and "Once upon One Time" -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary studies. It focuses on the narrative strategies through which women are portrayed in four classic stories: "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Bluebeard." Bacchilega traces the oral sources of each tale, offers a provocative interpretation of contemporary versions by Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Margaret Atwood, and Tanith Lee, and explores the ways in which the tales are transformed in film, television, and musicals.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Performing Wonders -- 2. The Framing of "Snow White" -- 3. Not Re(a)d Once and for All -- 4. In the Eye of the Beholder -- 5. "Be Bold, Be Bold, But Not Too Bold" -- Epilogue. Peopling the Bloody Chambers: "Once upon Many Times" and "Once upon One Time" -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary studies. It focuses on the narrative strategies through which women are portrayed in four classic stories: "Snow White," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," and "Bluebeard." Bacchilega traces the oral sources of each tale, offers a provocative interpretation of contemporary versions by Angela Carter, Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme, Margaret Atwood, and Tanith Lee, and explores the ways in which the tales are transformed in film, television, and musicals.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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