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Victorian Fairy Tales
Taschenbuch von Michael Newton
Sprache: Englisch

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This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination.
This anthology brings together 14 of the best Victorian fairy tales, by major period writers as well as specialists in the genre, to show the vibrancy of the form and its ability to reflect our deepest concerns. From whimsy to satire, the stories reveal the preoccupations of the age and celebrate the value of the imagination.
Über den Autor
Michael Newton has taught at University College London, Princeton University, and Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, and now works at Leiden University. He is the author of Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children (Faber, 20002), Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Poltical Violence, 1865-1981 (Faber, 2012) and a book on Kind Hearts and Coronets for the BFI Film Classics series. He has edited Edmund Gosse's Father and Son for Oxford World's Classics, and The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories and Conrad's The Secret Agent for Penguin. He has written and reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, the New Statesman, and The Guardian.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • Note on the Texts

  • Select Bibliography

  • A Chronology of the Victorian Fairy Tale

  • PROLOGUE: Grimm, 'Rumpel-Stilts-Kin' and Hans Christian Andersen, 'The Princess and the Peas'

  • ROBERT SOUTHEY, 'The Story of the Three Bears'

  • JOHN RUSKIN, 'The King of the Golden River'

  • WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, 'The Rose and the Ring'

  • GEORGE MACDONALD, 'The Golden Key'

  • DINAH MULOCK CRAIK, 'The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak'

  • MARY DE MORGAN, 'The Wanderings of Arasmon'

  • JULIANA HORATIA EWING, 'The First Wife's Wedding Ring'

  • OSCAR WILDE, 'The Selfish Giant'

  • ANDREW LANG, 'Prince Prigio'

  • FORD MADOX FORD, 'The Queen Who Flew'

  • LAURENCE HOUSMAN, 'The Story of the Herons'

  • KENNETH GRAHAME, 'The Reluctant Dragon'

  • E. NESBIT, 'Melisande'

  • RUDYARD KIPLING, 'Dymchurch Flit'

  • APPENDIX: What is a Fairy Tale?'

  • John Ruskin, 'Introduction' to German Popular Tales

  • Juliana Horatia Ewing, 'Preface' to Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales

  • George MacDonald, 'The Fantastic Imagination'

  • Laurence Housman, 'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales

  • Explanatory Notes

Details
Empfohlen (bis): 12
Empfohlen (von): 8
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Märchen & Sagen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198737599
ISBN-10: 0198737599
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Newton, Michael
Redaktion: Newton, Michael
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 195 x 131 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Newton
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,343 kg
Artikel-ID: 103999321
Über den Autor
Michael Newton has taught at University College London, Princeton University, and Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, and now works at Leiden University. He is the author of Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children (Faber, 20002), Age of Assassins: A History of Conspiracy and Poltical Violence, 1865-1981 (Faber, 2012) and a book on Kind Hearts and Coronets for the BFI Film Classics series. He has edited Edmund Gosse's Father and Son for Oxford World's Classics, and The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories and Conrad's The Secret Agent for Penguin. He has written and reviewed for the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, the New Statesman, and The Guardian.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • Note on the Texts

  • Select Bibliography

  • A Chronology of the Victorian Fairy Tale

  • PROLOGUE: Grimm, 'Rumpel-Stilts-Kin' and Hans Christian Andersen, 'The Princess and the Peas'

  • ROBERT SOUTHEY, 'The Story of the Three Bears'

  • JOHN RUSKIN, 'The King of the Golden River'

  • WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY, 'The Rose and the Ring'

  • GEORGE MACDONALD, 'The Golden Key'

  • DINAH MULOCK CRAIK, 'The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak'

  • MARY DE MORGAN, 'The Wanderings of Arasmon'

  • JULIANA HORATIA EWING, 'The First Wife's Wedding Ring'

  • OSCAR WILDE, 'The Selfish Giant'

  • ANDREW LANG, 'Prince Prigio'

  • FORD MADOX FORD, 'The Queen Who Flew'

  • LAURENCE HOUSMAN, 'The Story of the Herons'

  • KENNETH GRAHAME, 'The Reluctant Dragon'

  • E. NESBIT, 'Melisande'

  • RUDYARD KIPLING, 'Dymchurch Flit'

  • APPENDIX: What is a Fairy Tale?'

  • John Ruskin, 'Introduction' to German Popular Tales

  • Juliana Horatia Ewing, 'Preface' to Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales

  • George MacDonald, 'The Fantastic Imagination'

  • Laurence Housman, 'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's Fairy Tales

  • Explanatory Notes

Details
Empfohlen (bis): 12
Empfohlen (von): 8
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe, Märchen & Sagen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198737599
ISBN-10: 0198737599
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Newton, Michael
Redaktion: Newton, Michael
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 195 x 131 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Michael Newton
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,343 kg
Artikel-ID: 103999321
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