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The enchanted screen : the unknown history of fairy-tale films
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The enchanted screen : the unknown history of fairy-tale films / Jack Zipes.
ISBN
9780415990622 (hardback)
0415990629 (hardback)
9780415990615 (pbk.)
0415990610 (pbk.)
Published
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description
xii, 435 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Contents
Filmic adaptation and appropriation of the fairy tale
De-Disneyfying Disney : notes on the development of the fairy-tale film
Georges Méliès : pioneer of the fairy-tale film and the art of the ridiculous
Animated fairy-tale cartoons : celebrating the carnival art of the ridiculous
Animated feature fairy-tale films
Cracking the magic mirror : re-presentations of Snow White
The trials and tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood revisited and reviewed
Bluebeard's original sin and the rise of serial killing, mass murder, and fascism
The triumph of the underdog : Cinderella's legacy
Abusing and abandoning children : "Hansel and Gretel," "Tom Thumb," "The Pied Piper," "Donkey-skin," and "The juniper tree"
Choosing the right mate : why beasts and frogs make for ideal husbands
Andersen's cinematic legacy : trivialization and innovation
Adapting fairy-tale novels
Between slave language and utopian optimism : neglected fairy-tale films of Central and Eastern Europe
Fairy-tale films in dark times : breaking molds, seeing the world anew.
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