The Victorian press and the fairy tale /
Offering a history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre, Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture
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| Summary: | Offering a history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre, Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230518056 9780230361492 0230361498 0230518052 9780230227644 0230227643 |