The gothic fairy tale in young adult literature : essays on stories from Grimm to Gaiman / edited by Joseph Abbruscato and Tanya Jones.
- Title
- The gothic fairy tale in young adult literature : essays on stories from Grimm to Gaiman / edited by Joseph Abbruscato and Tanya Jones.
- Published by
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Format
- Book/text
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- Description
- viii, 208 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Rooted in the oral traditions of nearly all cultures worldwide, fairy tales have played an integral part in children's upbringing for generations. Filled with gothic and fantastical elements like monsters, dragons, evil step-parents and fairy godmothers, fairy tales remain important tools for teaching children about themselves, and the dangers and joys of the world around them"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Contents
- Introduction : the state of modern fairy tales / Joseph Abbruscato -- "Something like you, something like a beast" : Gothic convention and fairy tale elements in David Almond's Skellig / Carys Crossen -- "Baby and I were baked in a pie" : cannibalism and the consumption of children in young adult literature / Tanya Jones -- Orson Scott Card's Ender's game : authoring home in fairyland / Erin Wyble Newcomb -- Being nobody : identity in Neil Gaiman's The graveyard book / Joseph Abbruscato -- "She would not think of it" : surviving incest in Robin McKinley's Deerskin / Sarah R. Wakefield -- "Transform, and twist, and change" : deconstructing Coraline / Lisa K. Perdigao -- "Comparatively innocent" : the terrible search for nobility in A series of unfortunate events / Tim Sadenwasser -- Earning the right to wear midnight : Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching / Eileen Donaldson -- "Monstrosity will be called for" : Holly Black's and Melissa Marr's urban Gothic fairy tale heroines / Rhonda Nicol -- Reading in the dark : narrative reframing in the Unheimlich underworld of Merrie Haskell's The princess curse / Carissa Turner Smith.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Language
- English
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain