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Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales - Paperback

by Jack Zipes
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack ZipesPublish date:2002-07-05Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813190303ISBN-10:813190304UPC:9780813190303Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:8.56 x 5.80 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCN3AX8KWJ
This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political context and traces their evolution into literary fairy tales, a metamorphosis that often diminished the ideology of the original narrative. Zipes also looks at how folk tales influence our popular belie
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813190303ISBN-10:813190304UPC:9780813190303Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Folklore & MythologySize:8.56 x 5.80 x 0.74 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCN3AX8KWJ
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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