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Fairytale and Gothic Horror

Laura Hubner
Fairytale and Gothic Horror Book PDF

Author : Laura Hubner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137393470

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Fairytale and Gothic Horror by Laura Hubner Pdf

This book explores the idiosyncratic effects generated as fairytale and gothic horror join, clash or merge in cinema. Identifying long-held traditions that have inspired this topical phenomenon, the book features close analysis of classical through to contemporary films. It begins by tracing fairytale and gothic origins and evolutions, examining the diverse ways these have been embraced and developed by cinema horror. It moves on to investigate films close up, locating fairytale horror, motifs and themes and a distinctively cinematic gothic horror. At the book’s core are recurring concerns including: the boundaries of the human; rational and irrational forces; fears and dreams; ‘the uncanny’ and transitions between the wilds and civilization. While chronology shapes the book, it is thematically driven, with an interest in the cultural and political functions of fairytale and gothic horror, and the levels of transgression or social conformity at the heart of the films.

Uncanny Fairy Tales

Francesca Arnavas
Uncanny Fairy Tales Book PDF

Author : Francesca Arnavas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1032516801

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Uncanny Fairy Tales by Francesca Arnavas Pdf

"There are fairy tales that surprise, destabilise, or even shock us: these are uncanny fairy tales that manipulate familiar stories in creative and bewildering ways in order to express new meanings. This work analyses these tales basing its approach on a reformulation of Freud's concept of the uncanny. Through a cognitive outlook the employed theoretical framework provides new perspectives on the study of experimental literary fairy tales. Considering English-language literature, complex and unsettling re-interpretations of the fairy-tale discourse began to appear during the Victorian Age, later resurfacing as a postmodern trend. This research individuates uncanny-related narrative techniques and cognitive responses as means to decodify and explore these tales, and as ways to discover unseen connections between Victorian and postmodern texts. The new theorisation of the uncanny is linked with three sub-concepts: mirror, hybridity, and wonder, which function as tools to describe and investigate the cognitive and emotional entanglements characterising enigmatic and disorienting fairy tales"--

Uncanny Fairy Tales

Francesca Arnavas
Uncanny Fairy Tales Book PDF

Author : Francesca Arnavas
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781040028247

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Uncanny Fairy Tales by Francesca Arnavas Pdf

There are fairy tales that surprise, destabilise, or even shock us: these are uncanny fairy tales that manipulate familiar stories in creative and bewildering ways in order to express new meanings. This work analyses these tales, basing its approach on a reformulation of Freud’s concept of the uncanny. Through a cognitive outlook the employed theoretical framework provides new perspectives on the study of experimental literary fairy tales. Considering English-language literature, complex and unsettling reinterpretations of the fairy-tale discourse began to appear during the Victorian Age, later resurfacing as a postmodern trend. This research individuates uncanny-related narrative techniques and cognitive responses as means to decodify and explore these tales, and as ways to discover unseen connections between Victorian and postmodern texts. The new theorisation of the uncanny is linked with three subconcepts: mirror, hybridity, and wonder, which function as tools to describe and investigate the cognitive and emotional entanglements characterising enigmatic and disorienting fairy tales.

The New Uncanny

Sarah Eyre,Ra Page
The New Uncanny Book PDF

Author : Sarah Eyre,Ra Page
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131678687

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The New Uncanny by Sarah Eyre,Ra Page Pdf

This collection brings together 15 specially commissioned stories by internationally acclaimed writers and filmmakers, to explore and update Freud's classic theory of 'The Uncanny' - his piercing and all-encompassing dissection of what gives us the creeps.

Writing the Uncanny

Dan Coxon,Richard V. Hirst
Writing the Uncanny Book PDF

Author : Dan Coxon,Richard V. Hirst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1911585819

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Writing the Uncanny by Dan Coxon,Richard V. Hirst Pdf

Writing the Uncanny sees some of the best contemporary authors explain what drew them to horror, ghost stories, folklore and beyond, and reveal how to craft unsettling fiction which resonates. An essential guide for both the casual reader and the aspiring writer of strange tales.

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Jack Zipes
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion Book PDF

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136646805

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Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion by Jack Zipes Pdf

The fairy tale is arguably one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until the first publication of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children's lives – their behavior, values, and relationship to society. As Jack Zipes convincingly shows in this classic work, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture. How and why did certain authors try to influence children or social images of children? How were fairy tales shaped by the changes in European society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Zipes examines famous writers of fairy tales such as Charles Perrault, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and L.Frank Baum and considers the extraordinary impact of Walt Disney on the genre as a fairy tale filmmaker.

The Uncanny Reader

Marjorie Sandor
The Uncanny Reader Book PDF

Author : Marjorie Sandor
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466838680

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The Uncanny Reader by Marjorie Sandor Pdf

From the deeply unsettling to the possibly supernatural, these thirty-one border-crossing stories from around the world explore the uncanny in literature, and delve into our increasingly unstable sense of self, home, and planet. The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows opens with "The Sand-man," E.T.A. Hoffmann's 1817 tale of doppelgangers and automatons—a tale that inspired generations of writers and thinkers to come. Stories by 19th and 20th century masters of the uncanny—including Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Shirley Jackson—form a foundation for sixteen award-winning contemporary authors, established and new, whose work blurs the boundaries between the familiar and the unknown. These writers come from Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Russia, Scotland, England, Sweden, the United States, Uruguay, and Zambia—although their birthplaces are not always the terrains they plumb in their stories, nor do they confine themselves to their own eras. Contemporary authors include: Chris Adrian, Aimee Bender, Kate Bernheimer, Jean-Christophe Duchon-Doris, Mansoura Ez-Eldin, Jonathon Carroll, John Herdman, Kelly Link, Steven Millhauser, Joyce Carol Oates, Yoko Ogawa, Dean Paschal, Karen Russell, Namwali Serpell, Steve Stern and Karen Tidbeck.

Weave a Circle Round

Kari Maaren
Weave a Circle Round Book PDF

Author : Kari Maaren
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765386298

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Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren Pdf

Discover your inner child once again in Weave a Circle Round, a debut fantasy adventure for fans of Madeleine L'Engle, Diana Wynne Jones, and E. L. Konigsburg. Now nominated as a finalist for the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Novel! When the unexpected moves in next door, anything can happen in Weave a Circle Round, Kari Maaren's debut in this YA-friendly fantasy adventure. Freddy doesn’t want people to think she’s weird. Her family makes that difficult, though: her deaf stepbrother Roland’s a major geek, and her genius little sister Mel’s training to be the next Sherlock Holmes. All Freddy wants is to survive high school. Then two extremely odd neighbors move in next door. Cuerva Lachance and Josiah definitely aren't normal. Neither is their house, which defies the laws of physics. Neither is Freddy’s situation, when she suddenly finds herself stuck thousands of years in the past with her very, very weird neighbors. And that’s only the beginning. “I adored this brilliant book from start to finish. It left me reeling with delight and I can't wait for the rest of the world to get as lost in its pages as I was.” —Charles de Lint “I'd have loved this book when I was twelve, and I love it now.” —Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy-Award winning author Jo Walton At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Craving Supernatural Creatures

Claudia Schwabe
Craving Supernatural Creatures Book PDF

Author : Claudia Schwabe
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780814341971

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Craving Supernatural Creatures by Claudia Schwabe Pdf

Analyzes the portrayal of German fairy-tale figures in contemporary North American media adaptations.

Hag

Daisy Johnson,Kirsty Logan,Emma Glass,Eimear McBride,Natasha Carthew,Mahsuda Snaith,Naomi Booth,Liv Little,Imogen Hermes Gowar,Irenosen Okojie
Hag Book PDF

Author : Daisy Johnson,Kirsty Logan,Emma Glass,Eimear McBride,Natasha Carthew,Mahsuda Snaith,Naomi Booth,Liv Little,Imogen Hermes Gowar,Irenosen Okojie
Publisher : Virago
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780349013589

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Hag by Daisy Johnson,Kirsty Logan,Emma Glass,Eimear McBride,Natasha Carthew,Mahsuda Snaith,Naomi Booth,Liv Little,Imogen Hermes Gowar,Irenosen Okojie Pdf

'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same woman, a pregnant archaeologist unearthing impossible bones and lost children following you home. A panther runs through the forests of England and pixies prey upon violent men. From the islands of Scotland to the coast of Cornwall, the mountains of Galway to the depths of the Fens, these forgotten folktales howl, cackle and sing their way into the 21st century, wildly reimagined by some of the most exciting women writing in Britain and Ireland today. 'A thoroughly original package that has a hint of Angela Carter' The Times 'Sharp writing and cleverly done' Spectator

Once Upon a Time

Marina Warner
Once Upon a Time Book PDF

Author : Marina Warner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191028762

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Once Upon a Time by Marina Warner Pdf

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders, and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale. But what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality, sexuality, and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth, and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural, imagination and fantasy, psychoanalysis, and feminism. Marina Warner has loved fairy tales over a long writing life, and she explores here a multitude of tales through the ages, their different manifestations on the page, the stage, and the screen. From the phenomenal rise of Victorian and Edwardian literature to contemporary children's stories, Warner unfolds a glittering array of examples, from classics such as Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty, the Grimm Brothers' Hansel and Gretel, and Hans Andersen's The Little Mermaid, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's Snow White and gothic interpretations such as Pan's Labyrinth. In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Her book makes a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture.

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

Gretchen Schultz,Lewis Seifert
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned Book PDF

Author : Gretchen Schultz,Lewis Seifert
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780691191416

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Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned by Gretchen Schultz,Lewis Seifert Pdf

"The present volume contains thirty-five fairy tales by nineteen writers, presented chronologically by author"--Introduction.

The Uncanny Valley

Gregory Miller,John Randall York
The Uncanny Valley Book PDF

Author : Gregory Miller,John Randall York
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 149485287X

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The Uncanny Valley by Gregory Miller,John Randall York Pdf

The Uncanny Valley…“…is a macabre serenade to a small town that may or may not exist, peopled with alive and dead denizens who wander about the hills and houses with creepy fluidity. Told by individual inhabitants, the stories recount tales of disappearing dead deer, enchanted gardens, invisible killer dogs, and rattlesnakes that fall from the sky; each contribution adds to a composite portrait that skitters between eerie, ghoulish, and poignant. Miller is a master storyteller, clearly delighting in his mischievous creations.”Thirty-Three Tales. Thirty-Three Tellers. One Lost Town.

The Unconcept

Anneleen Masschelein
The Unconcept Book PDF

Author : Anneleen Masschelein
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781438435558

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The Unconcept by Anneleen Masschelein Pdf

The Unconcept is the first genealogy of the concept of the Freudian uncanny, tracing the development, paradoxes and movements of this negative concept through various fields and disciplines from psychoanalysis, literary theory and philosophy to film studies, genre studies, sociology, religion, architecture theory, and contemporary art. Anneleen Masschelein explores the vagaries of this 'unconcept' in the twentieth century, beginning with Freud's seminal essay 'The Uncanny,' through a period of conceptual latency, leading to the first real conceptualizations in the 1970s and then on to the present dissemination of the uncanny to exotic fields such as hauntology, the study of ghosts, robotics and artificial intelligence. She unearths new material on the uncanny from the English, French and German traditions, and sheds light on the specific status of the concept in contemporary theory and practice in the humanities. This essential reference book for researchers and students of the uncanny is written in an accessible style. Through the lens of the uncanny, the familiar contours of the intellectual history of the twentieth century appear in a new and exciting light.

The Enchanted Screen

Jack Zipes
The Enchanted Screen Book PDF

Author : Jack Zipes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135853945

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The Enchanted Screen by Jack Zipes Pdf

The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films offers readers a long overdue, comprehensive look at the rich history of fairy tales and their influence on film, complete with the inclusion of an extensive filmography compiled by the author. With this book, Jack Zipes not only looks at the extensive, illustrious life of fairy tales and cinema, but he also reminds us that, decades before Walt Disney made his mark on the genre, fairy tales were central to the birth of cinema as a medium, as they offered cheap, copyright-free material that could easily engage audiences not only though their familiarity but also through their dazzling special effects. Since the story of fairy tales on film stretches far beyond Disney, this book, therefore, discusses a broad range of films silent, English and non-English, animation, live-action, puppetry, woodcut, montage (Jim Henson), cartoon, and digital. Zipes, thus, gives his readers an in depth look into the special relationship between fairy tales and cinema, and guides us through this vast array of films by tracing the adaptations of major fairy tales like "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," "Peter Pan," and many more, from their earliest cinematic appearances to today. Full of insight into some of our most beloved films and stories, and boldly illustrated with numerous film stills, The Enchanted Screen, is essential reading for film buffs and fans of the fairy tale alike.