ISBN:
9781443830553
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1443830550
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1283142996
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9781283142991
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Anti-Tales: the uses of disenchantment (2010 : Glasgow) Anti-tales
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Fairy tales History and criticism
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Antiheroes in literature
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Fairy tales History and criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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Antiheroes in literature
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Fairy tales
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Märchen
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Entmythologisierung
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Ernüchterung
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Enttäuschung
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The arts
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Literature & literary studies
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Fiction & related items
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Glasgow 〈2010〉
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift 2010
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Konferenzschrift 2010
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Konferenzschrift 2010
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Märchen
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Rezeption
Abstract:
The anti-(fairy) tale has long existed in the shadow of the traditional fairy tale as its flipside or evil twin. According to André Jolles in Einfache Formen (1930), such Antimärchen are contemporaneous Other some the earliest known oral variants of familiar tales. While fairy tales are generally characterised by a "spirit of optimism" (Tolkien) the anti-tale offers us no such assurances; for every "happily ever after," there is a dissenting "they all died horribly." The anti-tale is, however
Note:
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