Kevin Smith

Gebundenes Buch

The Postmodern Fairytale

Folkloric Intertexts in Contemporary Fiction

Beschreibung

Why is Shrek one of the greatest selling DVDs of all time? Why are shampoo advertisements based on Sleeping Beauty? Why is it that the same simple stories keep being told? This study attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places and why the best storytellers begin their tales with 'once upon a time'.

Autor

KEVIN PAUL SMITH is an independent scholar.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-50048-8
• 2007
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 162mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780230500488
• ISBN-10: 023050048X
• Artikelnr.: 22727697

Rezensionen

'...Smith's enthusiasm for his subject matter is infectiously evident throughout The Postmodern Fairytale , and his arguments are often both amusing and insightful.' - Lucy Carlyle, Times Literary Supplement