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The Fourth Pig : Updated Edition / Naomi Mitchison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oddly Modern Fairy Tales ; 7Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Updated edition with a New IntroductionDescription: 1 online resource : 2 line illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691158952
  • 9781400851980
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823/.912 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6025.I86
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Fourth Pig -- Omen of the Enemy -- Frogs and Panthers -- The Furies Dance in New York -- Grand-daughter -- The Fancy Pig -- The Snow Maiden -- Hansel and Gretel -- Birmingham and the Allies -- Soria Moria Castle -- Kate Crackernuts -- Adventure in the Debateable Land -- Mairi MacLean and the Fairy Man -- The Little Mermaiden -- Pause in the Corrida -- Brünnhilde's Journey down the Rhine -- The Border Loving -- Mirk, Mirk Night -- Further Reading
Summary: The Fourth Pig, originally published in 1936, is a wide-ranging and fascinating collection of fairy tales, poems, and ballads. Droll and sad, spirited and apprehensive, The Fourth Pig reflects the hopes and forebodings of its era but also resonates with those of today. It is a testament to the talents of Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999), who was an irrepressible phenomenon-a significant Scottish political activist as well as a prolific author. Mitchison's work, exemplified by the tales in this superb new edition, is stamped with her characteristic sharp wit, magical invention, and vivid political and social consciousness.Mitchison rewrites well-known stories such as "Hansel and Gretel" and "The Little Mermaid," and she picks up the tune of a ballad with admiring fidelity to form, as in "Mairi MacLean and the Fairy Man." Her experimental approach is encapsulated in the title story, which is a dark departure from "The Three Little Pigs." And in the play Kate Crackernuts, the author dramatizes in charms and songs a struggle against the subterranean powers of fairies who abduct humans for their pleasure. Marina Warner, the celebrated scholar of fairy tales and fiction author, provides an insightful introduction that reveals why Mitchison's writing remains significant.The Fourth Pig is a literary rediscovery, a pleasure that will reawaken interest in a remarkable writer and personality.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Fourth Pig -- Omen of the Enemy -- Frogs and Panthers -- The Furies Dance in New York -- Grand-daughter -- The Fancy Pig -- The Snow Maiden -- Hansel and Gretel -- Birmingham and the Allies -- Soria Moria Castle -- Kate Crackernuts -- Adventure in the Debateable Land -- Mairi MacLean and the Fairy Man -- The Little Mermaiden -- Pause in the Corrida -- Brünnhilde's Journey down the Rhine -- The Border Loving -- Mirk, Mirk Night -- Further Reading

The Fourth Pig, originally published in 1936, is a wide-ranging and fascinating collection of fairy tales, poems, and ballads. Droll and sad, spirited and apprehensive, The Fourth Pig reflects the hopes and forebodings of its era but also resonates with those of today. It is a testament to the talents of Naomi Mitchison (1897-1999), who was an irrepressible phenomenon-a significant Scottish political activist as well as a prolific author. Mitchison's work, exemplified by the tales in this superb new edition, is stamped with her characteristic sharp wit, magical invention, and vivid political and social consciousness.Mitchison rewrites well-known stories such as "Hansel and Gretel" and "The Little Mermaid," and she picks up the tune of a ballad with admiring fidelity to form, as in "Mairi MacLean and the Fairy Man." Her experimental approach is encapsulated in the title story, which is a dark departure from "The Three Little Pigs." And in the play Kate Crackernuts, the author dramatizes in charms and songs a struggle against the subterranean powers of fairies who abduct humans for their pleasure. Marina Warner, the celebrated scholar of fairy tales and fiction author, provides an insightful introduction that reveals why Mitchison's writing remains significant.The Fourth Pig is a literary rediscovery, a pleasure that will reawaken interest in a remarkable writer and personality.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)