Format:
Online Ressource (ix, 240 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780415237024
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0415237025
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9780415237031
,
0415237033
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0203170350
,
9780203170359
,
0203132459
,
9780203132456
Content:
The first modern study of the ancient fairytale, it bridges a major gap between the study of the ancient world and the wider world of oral culture, and will be of immense value and interest to students of a wide variety of disciplines
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-227) and indexes. - Description based on print version record
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The Cinderella story in antiquity; Snow White and related tales; Cupid and Psyche and Beauty and the Beast; The Obstacle Flight; The 'innocent slandered maid'; Butchering girls: Red Riding Hood and Bluebeard; Magicians and their allies; Between living and dead; Two Homeric tales: The Cyclops and Ares and Aphrodite; Some moral parables: The Pied Piper, The Three Wishes, Rumpelstiltskin, The Singing Bone; Fairytale into romance; Folktales and society: some reflections on ancient evidence; Conclusions
Additional Edition:
0415237025
Additional Edition:
0415237033
Additional Edition:
9780415237024
Additional Edition:
9780415237031
Additional Edition:
Print version Fairytale in the ancient world
Language:
English
Keywords:
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