{"product_id":"fairy-tale-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","title":"Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarina Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have traveled across cultural borders, and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality, sexuality, and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth, and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural, imagination and fantasy, psychoanalysis and feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in all their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Drawing on a glittering array of examples, from classics such as \u003cem\u003eRed Riding Hood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCinderella\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, the Grimm Brothers' \u003cem\u003eHansel and Gretel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Hans Andersen's \u003cem\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/em\u003e, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's \u003cem\u003eSnow White\u003c\/em\u003e, Warner forms a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions \u003c\/em\u003eseries from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarina Warner \u003c\/strong\u003eis a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy. Her award-winning studies of mythology and fairy tales include \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 2014), \u003cem\u003eAlone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 1976; re-issued 2013), \u003cem\u003eStranger Magic: Charmed States \u0026amp; the Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e (Vintage, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eNo Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling and Making Mock \u003c\/em\u003e(Vintage, 1998). Her Clarendon Lectures \u003cem\u003eFantastic Metamorphoses; Other Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e were published in 2001 by OUP; her essays on literature and culture were collected in \u003cem\u003eSigns \u0026amp; Wonders\u003c\/em\u003e (Vintage, 2000), and \u003cem\u003ePhantasmagoria\u003c\/em\u003e, a study of spirits and technology, appeared in 2006 (OUP). In 2015 she was awarded the Holberg Prize, and in 2013 she was awarded a Sheykh Zayed Prize and the Truman Capote Award. She was awarded a CBE for services to Literature in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753988489504,"sku":"9780199532155","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d695c74473d7b995dc675febc62e20d3.webp?v=1780030986","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fairy-tale-a-very-short-introduction-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}