{"product_id":"fairy-tale-a-very-short-introduction","title":"Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction","description":"From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have traveled across cultural borders, and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have greater power to enchant us and rekindle our imagination than a fairy tale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what is a fairy tale? Where do they come from and what do they mean? What do they try and communicate to us about morality, sexuality, and society? The range of fairy tales stretches across great distances and time; their history is entangled with folklore and myth, and their inspiration draws on ideas about nature and the supernatural, imagination and fantasy, psychoanalysis and feminism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e, Marina Warner digs into a rich hoard of fairy tales in all their brilliant and fantastical variations, in order to define a genre and evaluate a literary form that keeps shifting through time and history. Drawing on a glittering array of examples, from classics such as \u003cem\u003eRed Riding Hood\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCinderella\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sleeping Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, the Grimm Brothers' \u003cem\u003eHansel and Gretel\u003c\/em\u003e, and Hans Andersen's \u003cem\u003eThe Little Mermaid\u003c\/em\u003e, to modern-day realizations including Walt Disney's \u003cem\u003eSnow White\u003c\/em\u003e, Warner forms a persuasive case for fairy tale as a crucial repository of human understanding and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eVery Short Introductions \u003c\/em\u003eseries from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\r","brand":"Marina Warner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450975056108,"sku":"9780199532155","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780199532155.jpg?v=1720101838","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/fairy-tale-a-very-short-introduction","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}