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1 online resource : illustrations |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE; THE GERMAN ENLIGHTENMENT AND ROMANTIC MÄRCHENAS ANTI-MÄRCHEN; READER BEWARE; SOME NOTES ON INTERTEXTUAL FRAMES IN ANTI-FAIRY TALES; PART TWO; WONDERLAND LOST AND FOUND?; THE FORCEFUL IMAGINATION OF CZECH SURREALISM; BRUNO SCHULZ'S "GENERATIO AEQUIVOCA"; PART THREE; "BLIND DATE"; THE LUMINARY FOREST; PAULA REGO, JANE EYRE AND THE RE-ENCHANTMENT OF BLUEBEARD; PART FOUR; VISUAL ANTI-TALES; IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES; PART FIVE; THE PHONEY AND THE REAL; "YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY KINGS ARE" |
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LANDSCAPES OF ANTI-TALE UNCERTAINTYMETAMORPHORIC ENCHANTMENT IN RIKKI DUCORNET'S ANTI-TALES; PART SIX; BLOOD ON THE SNOW; IN HER RED-HOT SHOES; IN THE SHADOW OF THE VILLAIN; EXPLODING THE GLASS BOTTLES; PART SEVEN; A.S. BYATT AND "THE DJINN"; MARGARET ATWOOD'S ANTI-FAIRY TALES; MODERNISM AND THE DISENCHANTMENT OF MODERNITY IN KATHERINE MANSFIELD AND D.H. LAWRENCE; CONTRIBUTORS |
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The anti-(fairy) tale has long existed in the shadow of the traditional fairy tale as its flipside or evil twin. According to André Jolles in Einfache Formen (1930), such Antimärchen are contemporaneous Other some the earliest known oral variants of familiar tales. While fairy tales are generally characterised by a "spirit of optimism" (Tolkien) the anti-tale offers us no such assurances; for every "happily ever after," there is a dissenting "they all died horribly." The anti-tale is, however .. |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
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Fairy tales -- History and criticism
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Antiheroes in literature.
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The arts.
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Literature & literary studies.
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Fiction & related items.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Antiheroes in literature
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Fairy tales
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Märchen
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Entmythologisierung
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Ernüchterung Motiv
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Enttäuschung Motiv
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
McAra, Catriona.
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Calvin, David.
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| ISBN |
9781443830553 |
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1443830550 |
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1283142996 |
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9781283142991 |
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