ISBN:
9781400841820
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1400841828
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128049414X
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9781280494147
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (256 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Zipes, Jack, 1937- Irresistible fairy tale
DDC:
398.209
Keywords:
Fairy tales History and criticism
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Fairy tales Social aspects
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Fairy tales History and criticism
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Fairy tales Social aspects
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Social Science
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Folklore & Mythology
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Fairy tales
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Fairy tales ; Social aspects
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Electronic books
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Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot resist its appeal, no matter how it changes or what form it takes. In this book, renowned fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes presents a provocative new theory about why fairy tales were created and retold--and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, ant
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