Fairy Tales Of The British Empire

Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : OCLC:427846459

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More English fairy tales by Joseph Jacobs Pdf

Author : Hadas Elber-Aviram
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350110687

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Fairy Tales of London by Hadas Elber-Aviram Pdf

Finalist for the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the 21st century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H.G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Miéville.

Author : Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.,Donald Haase Ph.D.,Helen J. Callow
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1751 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781610692540

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Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes] by Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.,Donald Haase Ph.D.,Helen J. Callow Pdf

Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.

Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:$B470307

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English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs Pdf

Forty-three tales of fairies, giants, and foolish ones from the folklore that served to amuse the unlettered classes of "Merrie England."

Author : Abigail Heiniger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000915341

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Fairy-Tale Revivals in the Long Nineteenth Century by Abigail Heiniger Pdf

Volume two explores the way a wide range of classic princess tales written by marginalized writers. Rapunzel and Snow White, with their pale skin or long ropes of golden hair, are particularly popular vehicles for exploring and challenging racialized constructions of beauty. Marriage is the traditional vehicle of a happy ending in Princess tales, so marginalized responses to these tales also inherently respond to the doubly colonized position of women in the Anglophone world. The institution of marriage typically exposes the institutional oppression of colonized women. Authors include Charles Chesnutt, Jessie Fauset, Julia Kavanaugh, George Edwards, some of the unpublished manuscripts of Jewish-Australian author Joseph Jacobs, and the earliest work of Sinèad de Valera, as well as fin-de-siècle illustrators such as Harry Clarke, and collected oral tales.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : UOM:39015084434391

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Publishers' Circular and Booksellers' Record of British and Foreign Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pauline Greenhill,Jill Terry Rudy,Naomi Hamer,Lauren Bosc
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317368793

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The Routledge Companion to Media and Fairy-Tale Cultures by Pauline Greenhill,Jill Terry Rudy,Naomi Hamer,Lauren Bosc Pdf

From Cinderella to comic con to colonialism and more, this companion provides readers with a comprehensive and current guide to the fantastic, uncanny, and wonderful worlds of the fairy tale across media and cultures. It offers a clear, detailed, and expansive overview of contemporary themes and issues throughout the intersections of the fields of fairy-tale studies, media studies, and cultural studies, addressing, among others, issues of reception, audience cultures, ideology, remediation, and adaptation. Examples and case studies are drawn from a wide range of pertinent disciplines and settings, providing thorough, accessible treatment of central topics and specific media from around the globe.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004418998

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Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic by Anonim Pdf

Contemporary Fairy-Tale Magic studies the impact of fairy tales on contemporary cultures from an interdisciplinary perspective, with special emphasis on how literature and film are retelling classic fairy tales for modern audiences.

Author : D. L. Ashliman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313058592

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Folk and Fairy Tales by D. L. Ashliman Pdf

Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. Children learn about them from parents, teachers, and other adults, while researchers study these tales at colleges and universities. At the same time, folk and fairy tales are inseparable from everyday life and popular culture. Movies, music, art, and literature offer imaginative retellings and interpretations of fairy and folk tales. But despite the pervasiveness of this folklore type, most people have only a vague understanding of these tales. This reference is a convenient introduction to folk and fairy tales for students and general readers. Written by a leading authority, this handbook offers a broad examination of folk and fairy tales as a folklore type. It looks at tales from around the world and from diverse cultures. The volume defines and classifies folk and fairy tales and analyzes a number of examples. It studies the varied manifestations of fairy and folk tales in literature and culture and reviews critical and scholarly approaches to this folklore genre. The volume also includes a glossary and extensive list of works for further reading.

Author : Katie Langloh Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : UOM:39015008788187

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Australian Legendary Tales by Katie Langloh Parker Pdf

Author : Katie Langloh Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Folklore
ISBN : WISC:89094591716

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More Australian Legendary Tales by Katie Langloh Parker Pdf

Author : Kate McCosh Clark
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Legends
ISBN : HARVARD:HXCP7Q

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Maori Tales and Legends by Kate McCosh Clark Pdf

Author : Anon E Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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DAME PRIDGETT AND THE FAIRIES - An English Fairy Tale by Anon E Mouse Pdf

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 93 In Issue 93 of the Baba Indaba Children's Stories, Baba Indaba narrates the English Fairy Tale of Dame Pridgett who is a fat, comfortable, good-natured old body, and her business in life was to go about nursing sick folk and making them well again. One day she was sitting by her window, rocking herself and resting after a hard week of nursing and there she saw a queer-looking little man come riding along the road on a great fiery, prancing black horse. He rode up to her door and knocked without getting off his horse, and when Dame Pridgett opened the door he looked down at her with such queer pale eyes he almost frightened her. “Are you Dame Pridgett?” he asked. “I am,” answered the dame. “And do you go about nursing sick people?” “Yes, that is my business.” “Then you are the one I want. My wife is ill, and I am seeking someone to nurse her.” Download and read this story to find out what happened next. INCLUDES LINKS TO 8 FREE STORIES TO DOWNLOADS Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story, on map. HINT - use Google maps. Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, are altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788827546222

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THE ONE-HANDED GIRL - A Swahili Children's Story from East Africa by Anon E. Mouse Pdf

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 404 In this 404th issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Swahili Fairy Tale "THE ONE-HANDED GIRL”. A dying man asked his children which they would have: his property or his blessing. His son wanted his property, and his daughter his blessing. He died. Soon after, his wife died as well, and again, the son wanted her property and the daughter her blessing. She died. The brother left his sister only a pot and a vessel, but people borrowed her pot and gave her corn for it, so the sister survived. One day, she had a pumpkin seed and planted it, and grew pumpkins as well. Her brother, envious, stole her pot and mortar, but she was able to replace them by selling her pumpkins. Her brother's wife sent a slave to buy one, and the sister gave her one for free, though there were few left, so the wife sent another slave, and this one the sister had to send away, because there were none left. The wife wept and told the brother that his sister would sell pumpkins to other people but not to her. Enraged, the brother went to cut the sister's pumpkin patch down. His sister told him that if he did, he would cut off her hand with it, but putting her hand on it did her no good: he cut it off while chopping down the vines. Then he sold the house she lived in and cast her out. Well, what happened next you ask…? Well many things happened. There were some strange, some silly and some serious occurrences. But exactly what were they? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES See the 400+ Baba Indaba Children's stories on Google Play. Search for "Baba Indaba Children’s Stories" or using the ISSN "2397-9607" to get the full list. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. TAGS: Baba Indaba, Father of Stories, Children’s, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, man, daughter, son, wife, hard times, poor, make do, meanness, mean, pumpkin, corn, maize, grow, sell, sister, brother, snake, one hand, cut off, prince, marry, child, restoration, kindness, hand, sister, brother, water, pool

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788827545812

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THE THREE CROWNS - A Fairy Tale by Anon E. Mouse Pdf

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 403 In this 403rd issue of the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Fairy Tale "THE THREE CROWNS”. There was once a king who had three daughters. The two eldest were very proud and quarrelsome, but the youngest was as good as they were bad. Three princes came to court them, and two of them were exactly like the eldest ladies, and one was just as lovable as the youngest. One day they were all walking down to a lake that lay at the bottom of the lawn when they met a poor beggar. The king wouldn't give him anything, and the eldest princesses wouldn't give him anything, nor their sweethearts; but the youngest daughter and her true love did give him something, and kind words along with it, and that was better than all. Well, what happened next you ask…? Well many things happened. There were some strange, some silly and some serious occurrences. But exactly what were they? To find the answers to these questions, and others you may have, you will have to download and read this story to find out! Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories". Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story. HINT - use Google maps. INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES See the 400+ Baba Indaba Children's stories on Google Play. Search for "Baba Indaba Children’s Stories" or using the ISSN "2397-9607" to get the full list. 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. KEYWORDS/TAGS Baba Indaba, Father of Stories, Children’s, Folklore, Fairy, Folk, Tales, bedtime story, legends, storyteller, king, three crowns, three daughters, quarrelsome, argumentative, kind, generous, reward, payback, lake, sail, boat, seven inches high, little man, prince, princess, rose, basket, swords, eldest, youngest, middle, good, brides, supper, fell