A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Middle Ages

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2023
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-09448-2 (ISBN)

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How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies? Spanning the years from 900 to 1500 and traversing geographical borders, from England to France and India to China, this book uniquely examines the tales told, translated, adapted and circulated during the period known as the Middle Ages.

Scholars in history, literature and cultural studies explore the development of epic tales of heroes and monsters and enchanted romance narratives. Examining how tales evolved and functioned across different societies during the Middle Ages, this book demonstrates how the plots, themes and motifs used in medieval tales influenced later developments in the genre.

An essential resource for researchers, scholars and students of literature, history and cultural studies, this volume explores themes including: forms of the marvelous, adaptation, gender and sexuality, humans and non-humans, monsters and the monstrous, spaces, socialization, and power.

A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (6-volume set)

A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in Antiquity is also available as a part of a 6-volume set, A Cultural History of Fairy Tales, tracing fairy tales from antiquity to the present day, available in print, or within a fully-searchable digital library accessible through institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Individual volumes for academics and researchers interested in specific historical periods are also available digitally via www.bloomsburycollections.com.

Susan Aronstein is Professor of English at the University of Wyoming, USA.

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Series Preface

Introduction: Once Upon A Time in the Middle Ages
Susan Aronstein

1. Forms of the Marvelous: Fairy Stories, or Stories about Fairies?
Richard Firth Green

2. Adaptations: Like a Fairy Tale
Shyama Rajendran

3. Gender and Sexuality: The Beauties and Beasts of Medieval
Romance
Lynn Shutters

4. Human and Non-Human: Writing the Fairy, Reading Melusine
Sarah L. Higley

5. Monsters and the Monstrous: Tracking Medieval Monsters
into Fairy-Tale Worlds
Christine M. Neufeld

6. Spaces: Place, Non-Place, and Identity in the Medieval Fairy
World
Helen Fulton

7. Socialization: Renegotiation and Reconciliation
Usha Vishnuvajjala

8. Power: Patronage, Subversion, Seduction, and Challenge
Melissa Ridley Elmes

Notes
Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2023
Reihe/Serie	The Cultural Histories Series
Zusatzinfo	27 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Gewicht	1000 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-350-09448-X / 135009448X
ISBN-13	978-1-350-09448-2 / 9781350094482
Zustand	Neuware