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Although readers and filmgoers are strongly familiar with Disney's sanitized child-centric fairy tales, they are quick to catch on to reworkings of classic tales into a contemporary context. The rise is such retellings seems to indicate that readers are hungry for a new narrative, one that hearkens back to the old yet moves the storyline forward to reflect conditions of the modern world. No mere escapist fantasies, the reimagined fairy tales of the late 20th and early 21st centuries reflect social, political and cultural truths. Sixteen essays consider fairy tales recreated through short stories, novels, poetry, and the graphic novel from both best-selling and lesser-known writers, applying a variety of perspectives, including postmodernism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, queer theory and gender studies. Along with the classic fairy tales, fiction from writers such as Neil Gaiman ( Stardust ) and Gregory Macquire ( Wicked ) is covered.

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Author

Susan Redington Bobby

Publisher

McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786453962

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Folklore, Anthropology

Rating

3.89 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14