Bibliograph

Breaking the magic spell, radical theories of folk and fairy tales, Jack Zipes

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Breaking the magic spell, radical theories of folk and fairy tales, Jack Zipes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaking the magic spell

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jack Zipes

Sub title

radical theories of folk and fairy tales

Summary

Zipes discusses historically and critically the evolution of folk tales as fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them and the way they are used in mass media culture today., Folk and fairy tales pervade the everyday world to such a degree that we are sometimes unaware of their enormous influence on our behaviour. In the seven essays in this collection, Zipes discusses historically and critically the evolution of folk tales as fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them and the way they are used in mass media culture today. He looks at how a wide range of authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, the German romantics, Hans Christian Andersen, Wilde and Tolkien used fairy tales as he assesses their enduring importance

Target audience

specialized

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