Victorian fairy tales edited and with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton.

By:

Newton, Michael

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: UK: Oxford University, 2015.Description: xlii, 444 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

019882579X
9780198825791

Subject(s):

Fairy tales

DDC classification:

823.808 NEW

Contents:

A chronology of the literary fairy tale Rumpel-Stilts-kin The princess and the peas Victorian fairy tales The story of the three bears The king of the golden river The rose and the ring The golden key The little lame prince and his travelling cloak The wanderings of Arasmon The first wife's wedding-ring The selfish giant Prince Prigio The queen who flew The story of the herons The reluctant dragon Melisande Dymchurch flit What is a fairy tale? 'Introduction' to German popular stories 'Preface' to Old-fashioned fairy tales 'The fantastic imagination' 'Introduction' to Gammer Grethel's fairy tales

Introduction -- Note on the texts -- Select bibliography -- Prologue. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Hans Christian Andersen -- Robert Southey -- John Ruskin -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- George MacDonald -- Dinah Mulock Craik -- Mary de Morgan -- Juliana Horatia Ewing -- Oscar Wilde -- Andrew Lang -- Ford Madox Ford -- Laurence Housman -- Kenneth Grahame -- E. Nesbit -- Rudyard Kipling -- Appendix: John Ruskin -- Juliana Horatia Ewing -- George MacDonald -- Laurence Housman -- Explanatory notes.

Summary: The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon..." The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as W. M. Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Ford Madox Ford, and Rudyard Kipling wrote fairy tales, and authors primarily famous for their work in the genre include George MacDonald, Juliana Ewing, Mary De Morgan, and Andrew Lang. This anthology brings together fourteen of the best stories, by these and other outstanding practitioners, to show the vibrancy and variety of the form and its abilities to reflect our deepest concerns. In tales of whimsy and romance, witty satire and uncanny mystery, love, suffering, family, and the travails of identity are imaginatively explored. Michael Newton's Introduction and notes provide illuminating contextual and biographical information about the authors and the development of the literary fairy tale. A selection of original illustrations is also included.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	Fiction	823.808 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		36958

"First published 2015 ... reissued 2018"--Title page verso.

The Queen and the bat had been talking a good deal that afternoon..." The Victorian fascination with fairyland vivified the literature of the period, and led to some of the most imaginative fairy tales ever written. They offer the shortest path to the age's dreams, desires, and wishes. Authors central to the nineteenth-century canon such as W. M. Thackeray, Oscar Wilde, Ford Madox Ford, and Rudyard Kipling wrote fairy tales, and authors primarily famous for their work in the genre include George MacDonald, Juliana Ewing, Mary De Morgan, and Andrew Lang. This anthology brings together fourteen of the best stories, by these and other outstanding practitioners, to show the vibrancy and variety of the form and its abilities to reflect our deepest concerns. In tales of whimsy and romance, witty satire and uncanny mystery, love, suffering, family, and the travails of identity are imaginatively explored. Michael Newton's Introduction and notes provide illuminating contextual and biographical information about the authors and the development of the literary fairy tale. A selection of original illustrations is also included.

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