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BL
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971694
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b726064
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Zipes, Jack David.
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| Title & Author
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When dreams came true : : classical fairy tales and their tradition /\ Jack Zipes.
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203942248
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: 0203949676
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: 1135862214
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: 9780203942246
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: 9780203949672
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: 9781135862213
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0415980062
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0415980070
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9780203949672
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9780415921510
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9780415980067
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9780415980074
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-283) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Spells of enchantment : an overview of the history of fairy tales -- 2. The rise of the French fairy tale and the decline of France -- 3. The splendor of the Arabian nights -- 4. Once there were two brothers named Grimm -- 5. The "merry" dance of the Nutcracker : discovering the world through fairy tales -- 6. I'm Hans Christian Andersen -- 7. The flowering of the fairy tale in Victorian England -- 8. Oscar Wilde's tales of illumination -- 9. Carlo Collodi's 'Pinocchio' as tragic-comic fairy tale -- 10. Frank Stockton, American pioneer of fairy tales -- 11. L. Frank Baum and the utopian spirit of Oz -- 12. Revisiting J.M. Barrie's 'Peter and Wendy' and Neverland -- 13. Hermann Hesse's fairy tales and the pursuit of home.
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| Abstract
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Since publishing Don't Bet on the Prince a decade ago, Zipes has established himself as the preeminent popularizer of the social and psychological uses of fairy tales for a contemporary audience. The 11 essays collected here are revised and updated introductions and afterwords written by Zipes for his books dealing with fairy and folk literature. His aim in updating and reissuing this material is to highlight the historical role that fairy tales, both oral and written, play in socializing and civilizing their audience. Backed by scholarly research and cross-cultural references, the essays desc.
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Fairy tales-- History and criticism.
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Fairy tales.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Folklore Mythology.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.209
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PN3437.Z57 2007eb
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