<p>This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre</li> <li>assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale</li> <li>provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form</li> <li>engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries</li> <li>demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media, including oral tradition, literature, film, and the visual arts.</li> </ul> <p>Introduction 1. Definitions 2. The Establishment of a Literary Genre 3. Critical Methodologies 4. Fairy Tales and Ideology in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 5. An Adaptable Genre: Multi-Media Fairy Tale Conclusion</p>
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