How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies?
Drawing on the contributions of scholars working on Italian, French, English, Ottoman Turkish, and Japanese tale traditions, this book underscores the striking mobility and malleability of fairy tales written in the years 1450 to 1650. The essays examine how early modern scientific theories, debates on the efficacy of witchcraft, conceptions of race and gender, religious beliefs, the aesthetics of landscape, and censorial practices all shaped the representations of magic and marvels in the tales of this period.
Tracing the fairy tale’s swift movement across linguistic and geographic borders, through verse and prose versions, from the printed page to the early modern stage, this volume demonstrates the ways in which these fantastic literary texts explored the ideological borders constructed by different societies.
An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history and cultural studies, contributors explore themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaption, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, space, socialization, and power.
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set)
A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Age of the Marvelous is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales, tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Edited by:
Professor Suzanne Magnanini Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 169mm,
Weight: 1.000kg ISBN:9781350094659 ISBN 10: 135009465X Series:The Cultural Histories Series Pages: 272 Publication Date:14 December 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Suzanne Magnanini is Associate Professor of Italian at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.