This second edition explores the social life of the fairy tale from its beginnnings to today, and includes a new preface and two new chapters on Peter Pan and The Nutcracker.
As Jack Zipes convincingly shows in this classic work, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. How and why did certain authors try to influence children or social images of children?
Explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is capable of getting under the skin of culture and... Læs mere
In Relentless Progress, Zipes looks at the surprising ways that stories have influenced people within... Læs mere
Based on 35 years of research and writing on Andersen, this book is a reconsideration of Andersen's place and of his reception in English-speaking... Læs mere