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Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm
Ruth B Bottigheimer
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Description for Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm
Paperback. Editor(s): Bottigheimer, Ruth B. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 502.
This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. A few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the 1001 ... Read more
This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, fairy tales function as a paradigm both for understanding society and for developing individual behavior and personality. A few of the topics covered in this volume: oral narration in contemporary society; madness and cure in the 1001 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812212945
SKU
V9780812212945
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About Ruth B Bottigheimer
Ruth B. Bottigheimer teaches in the Department of Comparative Literature, State University of New York at Stony Brook.
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