Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales

This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political context and traces their evolution into literary fairy tales, a metamorphosis that often diminished the ideology of the original narrative. Zipes also looks at how folk tales influence our popular beliefs and the ways they have been exploited by a corporate media network intent on regulating the mystical elements of the stories. He examines a range of authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Ernst Bloch, Tolkien, Bettelheim, and J.K. Rowling to demonstrate the continuing symbiotic relationship between folklore and literature.

Country	USA
Author	Jack Zipes
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	2 Rev Exp
EISBN	9780813170305
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University Press of Kentucky
Manufacturer	University Press of Kentucky
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2002-07-05
Publisher	University Press of Kentucky
ReleaseDate	1978-11-30
Studio	University Press of Kentucky

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales