Tales and Popular Fictions
Author | : Thomas Keightley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Folk literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Thomas Keightley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Folk literature |
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Author | : Martin Hallett |
Publisher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2014-08-05 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1554811449 |
It wasn’t so long ago that the fairy tale was comfortably settled as an established and respectable part of children’s literature. Since the fairy tale has always been a mirror of its times, however, we should not be surprised that in the latter part of the twentieth century it turned dark and ambiguous; its categorical distinction between good and evil was increasingly at odds with the times. Yet whatever changes the fairy tale may have undergone, its cultural popularity has never been greater. Fairy Tales in Popular Culture sets out to show how the tale has been adapted to meet the needs of the contemporary world; how writers, film-makers, artists, and other communicators have found in its universality an ideal vehicle for speaking to the here-and-now; and how social media have created a participatory culture that has re-invented the fairy tale. A selection of recent retellings show how the tale is being recalibrated for the contemporary world, first through the word and then through the image. In addition to the introductions that precede each section, the anthology provides a selection of critical pieces that offer lively insight into various aspects of the fairy tale as popular culture.
Author | : Thomas Keightley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1834 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Shea |
Publisher | : New York : Daw Books |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780586071458 |
A student of ancient lore, Bramt Hex abandons his ivory tower to seek fame and fortune and discovers that his quest has become a desperate battle for survival as he searches for the secret of immortality in Yana
Author | : Thomas Keightley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1834-01-01 |
Genre | : Folk literature |
ISBN | : 9780841454576 |
Author | : Gabriel García Márquez |
Publisher | : Blackstone Publishing |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2022-10-11 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America. Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth—these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.
Author | : Gary Hoppenstand |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 804 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
This unique anthology offers the best of popular fiction - 45 short stories and one short novel - that highlight the major genres of popular writing including: horror, fiction, romance, science fiction, detective stories and adventure. Supporting this definitive collection of stories are ten non fiction essays written by well-known authors discussing some of the key elements for writing in each genre.
Author | : Leon Garfield |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2014-01-30 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1448173841 |
Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen retells some of the most famous Greek myths in this classic of children's literature. This is the epic history of the Greek Gods told from their violent beginnings to the creation of man.
Author | : Margaret Atwood |
Publisher | : McClelland & Stewart |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2011-09-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0771008791 |
An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.
Author | : Joshua Gaylord |
Publisher | : Mulholland Books |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2015-04-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0316297925 |
In this chilling Shirley Jackson Award-nominated novel, a small, quiet Midwestern town is unremarkable save for one fact: when the teenagers reach a certain age, they run wild. When Lumen Fowler looks back on her childhood, she wouldn't have guessed she would become a kind suburban wife, a devoted mother. In fact, she never thought she would escape her small and peculiar hometown. When We Were Animals is Lumen's confessional: as a well-behaved and over-achieving teenager, she fell beneath the sway of her community's darkest, strangest secret. For one year, beginning at puberty, every resident "breaches" during the full moon. On these nights, adolescents run wild, destroying everything in their path. Lumen resists. Promising her father she will never breach, she investigates the mystery of her community's traditions and the stories erased from the town record. But the more we learn about the town's past, the more we realize that Lumen's memories are harboring secrets of their own. A gothic coming-of-age tale for modern times, When We Were Animals is a dark, provocative journey into the American heartland. Nominated for the 2015 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel