{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-a-short-history-of-fairy-tale-9780198779858","title":"Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarina Warner has loved fairy tales over a long writing life and in \u003cem\u003eOnce Upon a Time\u003c\/em\u003e, 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's stories, Warner unfolds a glittering array of examples, from classics such as \u003cem\u003eRed Riding Hood, Cinderella, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, the Grimm Brothers' \u003cem\u003eHansel and Gretel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Hans Andersen's \u003cem\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/em\u003e, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's \u003cem\u003eSnow White\u003c\/em\u003e and gothic interpretations such as \u003cem\u003ePan's Labyrinth.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 10 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198779858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.60h x 4.60w x 0.50d","brand":"Marina Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635125514396,"sku":"9780198779858","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8f2bc846-8a77-4eaa-9142-105a759322fe.jpg?v=1603838629","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/once-upon-a-time-a-short-history-of-fairy-tale-9780198779858","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}