Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale By Marina Warner Oxford: Oxford University Press, (ISBN: ). pp. Jade Scott (University of Glasgow) What is a fairy tale? For some fairy tales are intricately linked with folklore and myth, while for others they conjure up memories of literary tales read as a child. Marina Warner has loved fairy tales over a long writing life and in Once Upon a Time, she explores 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'sCited by: · Warner’s short history gives short shrift to the origins of the fairy tale in oral tradition. She acknowledges it but underestimates its centrality, to the detriment of a book that is a history Pages:
Guests. Marina Warner Professor, Department of Literature at Birkbeck College, London and author of "Once Upon A Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale." Maria Tatar Professor, German Studies and of Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University and editor of "The Annotated Brothers Grimm" and "The Annotated Peter Pan." Ellen Kushner Award-winning author of the novels "Thomas The Rhymer" and. Once Upon a Time-Marina Warner Explores classical and modern fairy tales to argue that fairy tales are a mirror of human understanding and culture. Once Upon a Time, the End (Asleep in 60 Seconds)-Geoffrey Kloske Once upon a time there was a grown-up looking for a book with very short bedtime stories for a kid who wouldn't go to. Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale, by Marina Warner. a description with which Marina Warner agrees. Fairies, elves and the like can feature but often don't make an appearance.
So begins the prologue to Marina Warner ‘s new book on fairy tales Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. At pages it is a much slimmer follow up to her book From the Beast to the Blonde, but no less enlightening or engaging. Warner’s short history gives short shrift to the origins of the fairy tale in oral tradition. She acknowledges it but underestimates its centrality, to the detriment of a book that is a history. Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale. Once Upon a Time.: From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys.
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