This book offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative roleof periodical publication in shaping this popular genre. Sumpter explores thefairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. CAROLINE SUMPTER is Lecturer in English at Queen's University, Belfast, UK. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Serializing Scheherazade: An Alternative History of the Fairy Tale - Myths of Origin: Folktale Scholarship and Fictional Invention in Magazines for Children - Science and Superstition, Realism and Romance: Fairy Tale and Fantasy in the Adult Shilling Monthly - 'I wonder were the fairies Socialists?': The Politics of the Fairy Tale inthe 1890s Labour Press - 'All art is once surface and symbol': Fairy Tales and the 'Fin-de-Siècle 'Little Magazines - Conclusion: Myth in the Marketplace -Notes - Bibliography - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-51805-6
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 266
- Fecha Publicación: 24/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés