The Irresistible Fairy Tale

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The Irresistible Fairy Tale

Author	: Jack Zipes
File Size	: 47,8 Mb
Publisher	: Princeton University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 May 2024
ISBN	: 9780691153384
Pages	: 257 pages

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The Irresistible Fairy Tale by Jack Zipes Book PDF Summary

Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, Zipes presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and much more.

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The Irresistible Fairy Tale by Jack Zipes

A provocative new theory about fairy tales from one of the world's leading authorities If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved,

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In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the

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