Author: Anne E. Duggan
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789148138
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Once upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script. People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often drew inspiration—notably Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen. In these portrayals, the princess is a passive, compliant figure. By contrast, The Lost Princess shows that classic fairy tales such as “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” and “Beauty and the Beast” have a much richer, more complex history than Disney’s saccharine depictions. Anne E. Duggan recovers the voices of women writers such as Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L’Héritier, and Charlotte-Rose de La Force, who penned popular tales about ogre-killing, pregnant, cross-dressing, dynamic heroines who saved the day. This new history will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about the lost, plucky heroines of historic fairy tales.
The Lost Princess
Author: Anne E. Duggan
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789148138
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Once upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script. People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often drew inspiration—notably Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen. In these portrayals, the princess is a passive, compliant figure. By contrast, The Lost Princess shows that classic fairy tales such as “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” and “Beauty and the Beast” have a much richer, more complex history than Disney’s saccharine depictions. Anne E. Duggan recovers the voices of women writers such as Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L’Héritier, and Charlotte-Rose de La Force, who penned popular tales about ogre-killing, pregnant, cross-dressing, dynamic heroines who saved the day. This new history will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about the lost, plucky heroines of historic fairy tales.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1789148138
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Once upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script. People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often drew inspiration—notably Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen. In these portrayals, the princess is a passive, compliant figure. By contrast, The Lost Princess shows that classic fairy tales such as “Cinderella,” “Rapunzel,” and “Beauty and the Beast” have a much richer, more complex history than Disney’s saccharine depictions. Anne E. Duggan recovers the voices of women writers such as Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L’Héritier, and Charlotte-Rose de La Force, who penned popular tales about ogre-killing, pregnant, cross-dressing, dynamic heroines who saved the day. This new history will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about the lost, plucky heroines of historic fairy tales.
A Book of Fairy Tales
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales ... A new edition, etc. [By M. C. La Mothe, Countess d'Aulnoy.]
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Popular Children’s Literature in Britain
Author: Julia Briggs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351910035
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The astonishing success of J.K. Rowling and other contemporary children's authors has demonstrated how passionately children can commit to the books they love. But this kind of devotion is not new. This timely volume takes up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have created the popularity of children's books both today and in the past. The essays collected here ask about the meanings and values that have been ascribed to the term 'popular'. They consider whether popularity can be imposed, or if it must always emerge from children's preferences. And they investigate how the Harry Potter phenomenon fits into a repeated cycle of success and decline within the publishing industry. Whether examining eighteenth-century chapbooks, fairy tales, science schoolbooks, Victorian adventures, waif novels or school stories, these essays show how historical and publishing contexts are vital in determining which books will succeed and which will fail, which bestsellers will endure and which will fade quickly into obscurity. As they considering the fiction of Angela Brazil, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling, the contributors carefully analyse how authorial talent and cultural contexts combine, in often unpredictable ways, to generate - and sometimes even sustain - literary success.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351910035
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 541
Book Description
The astonishing success of J.K. Rowling and other contemporary children's authors has demonstrated how passionately children can commit to the books they love. But this kind of devotion is not new. This timely volume takes up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have created the popularity of children's books both today and in the past. The essays collected here ask about the meanings and values that have been ascribed to the term 'popular'. They consider whether popularity can be imposed, or if it must always emerge from children's preferences. And they investigate how the Harry Potter phenomenon fits into a repeated cycle of success and decline within the publishing industry. Whether examining eighteenth-century chapbooks, fairy tales, science schoolbooks, Victorian adventures, waif novels or school stories, these essays show how historical and publishing contexts are vital in determining which books will succeed and which will fail, which bestsellers will endure and which will fade quickly into obscurity. As they considering the fiction of Angela Brazil, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling, the contributors carefully analyse how authorial talent and cultural contexts combine, in often unpredictable ways, to generate - and sometimes even sustain - literary success.
Mother Bunch's Fairy Tales ... [Selected from the tales of M. C. La Mothe, Countess d'Aulnoy.] Adorned with copper-plate cuts
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Child's Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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Mother Bunch's Fairy tales, etc
Author: Marie Catherine LA MOTHE (Countess d'Aulnoy.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
A Book of Fairy Tales
Author: Sabine Baring-Gould
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849663612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Mr. Baring - Ġould is an authority upon folk tales, so that this volume is a particularly welcome one. The stories which he has retold are largely taken from Perrault's collection, the old yet ever fresh classics of the nursery such as 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' 'Cinderella,' 'The Sleeping Beauty,' 'Puss in Boots,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and many more familiar in our mouths as household words. The tales are written in a manner likely to win the hearts of all youthful readers.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849663612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Mr. Baring - Ġould is an authority upon folk tales, so that this volume is a particularly welcome one. The stories which he has retold are largely taken from Perrault's collection, the old yet ever fresh classics of the nursery such as 'Jack and the Beanstalk,' 'Cinderella,' 'The Sleeping Beauty,' 'Puss in Boots,' 'Beauty and the Beast,' and many more familiar in our mouths as household words. The tales are written in a manner likely to win the hearts of all youthful readers.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Pleasing Companion, a Collection of Fairy Tales, Calculated to Improve the Heart ... Ornamented with Elegant Cuts
Author: PLEASING COMPANION
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 312
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