Written by a team of over 70 specialist contributors from around the world, this is an essential companion for anyone interested in literature, film, or art, or for anyone who values the traditions of storytelling. Special survey articles explore the development of the fairy-tale tradition in individual countries, focusing particularly on the European and North American traditions. The Companion also examines related topics such as Disney, film, opera, science fiction, music, even advertising. Byatt, and Gabriel García Márquez, and the artists who illustrated them, including Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs, and Maurice Sendak. It provides full coverage of stories and characters, from Ali Baba, Aladdin, and Cinderella, to Hansel and Gretel, the Moomins, and Tom Thumb, along with the writers who wrote and reworked them, such as Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, J. Zipes, Jack - The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (Oxford University Press 2000).pdf - Free ebook download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read book online for free. This Companion is an authoritative reference source for the complex and captivating genre of the fairy tale. ‘thoroughly researched, impartial, scholarly, wonderfully illustrated and enormous fun’ – The Independent on Sunday
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