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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

by JackZipes (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

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Synopsis

Folk and fairy tales pervade the everyday world to such a degree that we are sometimes unaware of their enormous influence on our behaviour. In the seven essays in this collection, Zipes discusses historically and critically the evolution of folk tales as fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them and the way they are used in mass media culture today. He looks at how a wide range of authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Perrault, the German romantics, Hans Christian Andersen, Wilde and Tolkien used fairy tales as he assesses their enduring importance.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Revised ed.
 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 05 Jul 2002
ISBN 10: 0813190304
ISBN 13: 9780813190303

Media Reviews
The name Jack Zipes is synonymous with highly regarded and widely read anthologies and critiques of fairy tales. - Choice
Author Bio
Jack Zipes, professor of German and director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Minnesota, is the author of many books on folk and fairy tales, including Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale. He lives in Minneapolis.