{"product_id":"forbidden-journeys-fairy-tales-and-fantasies-by-victorian-women-writers-paperback","title":"Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Auerbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eU. C. Knoepflmacher\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of \"The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood\" to Christina Rossetti's unsettling antifantasies in \u003ci\u003eSpeaking Likenesses\u003c\/i\u003e, these are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns amusing, charming, and disturbing. Besides their social and historical implications, they are extraordinary stories, full of strange delights for readers of any age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eForbidden Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a darkly entertaining book to read for the fantasies and anti-fantasies told, but also is a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies.\"--\u003ci\u003eUnited Press International\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A service to feminists, to Victorian Studies, to children's literature and to children.\"--Beverly Lyon Clark, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"These are stories to laugh over, cheer at, celebrate, and wince at. . . . \u003ci\u003eForbidden Journeys\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome reminder that rebellion was still possible, and the editors' intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy.\"--Allyson F. McGill, \u003ci\u003eBelles Lettres \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Auerbach\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. \u003cb\u003eU. C. Knoepflmacher\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English at Princeton University. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.08 x 6.01 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 November 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780686446880,"sku":"9780226032047","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/01d4dc02297f707ef56c9ed79a8187e0.webp?v=1780534412","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/forbidden-journeys-fairy-tales-and-fantasies-by-victorian-women-writers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}