A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Age of the Marvelous... - 9781350594128

A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Age of the MarvelousAuthor(s): Suzanne Magnanini\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350594128, 978-1350594128\nSynopsis\nHow have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies?\n\nDrawing on the contributions of scholars working on Italian, French, English, Ottoman Turkish, and Japanese tale traditions, this book underscores the striking mobility and malleability of fairy tales written in the years 1450 to 1650. The essays examine how early modern scientific theories, debates on the efficacy of witchcraft, conceptions of race and gender, religious beliefs, the aesthetics of landscape, and censorial practices all shaped the representations of magic and marvels in the tales of this period.\n\nTracing the fairy tales swift movement across linguistic and geographic borders, through verse and ]