Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary

Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary
Author: Carmela Scala
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2015-02-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1443874957

This book investigates Basile’s contribution to the establishment of fairytales as a literary genre; the focus is on his masterpiece Lo cunto de li Cunti. The volume examines Basile’s work’s debt to tradition and its influence on posterity, while also studying the author’s unique use of metaphors in the rich Neapolitan dialect. As this study reveals, metaphors in Lo cunto de li cunti are not used simply as a mean of embellishment; rather they are employed as a way to inform the reader of the rich folkloric tradition of Naples during the baroque times, as well as of Basile’s discontent with the socio-political situation of his times. The use of metaphors is so pervasive that one could argue that the book is itself a metaphor through which Basile conveys his ideals and his utopia of a liberated Naples and a more just society; as well as the importance of the Neapolitan dialect and its linguistic registers. Furthermore, the book also proposes a new interpretation of the female characters of the tales and it instigates a discussion on gender roles in both modern and past societies.

Specters of the Marvelous

Specters of the Marvelous
Author: Kimberly J. Lau
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2024-12-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0814341357

Here, Lau provides a new framework for understanding European fairy tales in the milieux in which they were created, bringing distant and ethereal worlds back to earth.

The Study of Imagination - Essays on Fairy Tales, Folk-Lore and Mythology

The Study of Imagination - Essays on Fairy Tales, Folk-Lore and Mythology
Author: Various
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2020-08-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1528790839

“The Study of Imagination” is a brand new collection of classic essays written by various authors on the subject of fairy tales, mythology, and folk-Lore. Contents include: “Fairy Tales, by G. K. Chesterton”, “The Fantastic Imagination, by George Macdonald”, “The Worth of Fairy Tales, by Laura F. Kready”, “Storyology, by Benjamin Taylor”, “A Harvest of Irish Folk-Lore, by John Fiske”, “On the Philosophy of Mythology, by F. Max Müller”, “Folk-Lore of the Northern Counties, by William Henderson”, “The Science of Folk-Lore, by Edwin Sidney Hartland”, “The Modern Origin of Fairy-Tales, by Moses Gaster”, etc. These fascinating essays will appeal to all with a love of fantasy and folklore, and they are not to be missed by collectors of allied literature. Read & Co. Great Essays is publishing this brand new collection of classic essays now for the enjoyment of a new generation of readers.

Fairy Tale Review

Fairy Tale Review
Author: Kate Bernheimer
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007-01-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0814341721

This issue of Fairy Tale Review focuses on fairy tales for adults.

The World of the Imagination

The World of the Imagination
Author: Eva T. H. Brann
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 843
Release: 2016-11-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 144227364X

In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference.

Theorising Play in the Early Years

Theorising Play in the Early Years
Author: Marilyn Fleer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2013-10-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107512387

Theorising Play in the Early Years is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the concept of pedagogy and play in early childhood education. The book provides an in-depth examination of classical and contemporary theories of play, with a focus on post-developmental perspectives and Vygotskian theory. In this book, Marilyn Fleer draws on a range of cross-cultural research in order to challenge Western perspectives and to move beyond a universal view of the construct of play. Culture and context are central to the understanding of how play is valued, expressed and used as a pedagogical approach in early childhood education across the international community. Designed as a companion to the textbook Play in the Early Years, but also useful on its own, Theorising Play in the Early Years provides indispensable support to academics and TAFE lecturers in early childhood education in their course development and research.

Education and Imagination

Education and Imagination
Author: Raya Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1134082150

This edited book explores the application of Jungian perspectives in educational settings.

Romantic Writings

Romantic Writings
Author: Stephen Bygrave
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351550632

Romantic Writings is an ideal introduction to the cultural phenomenon of Romanticism - one of the most important European literary movements and the cradle of 'Modern' culture. Here you will find an accessible introduction to the well-known male Romantic writers - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. Alongside are chapters dealing with poems by Charlotte Smith, Mary Robinson, Ann Barbauld, Elizabeth Barrett Browning which challenge the idea that these men are the only Romantic writers. As a further counterpoint the book also includes discussion of two German Romantic short stories by Kleist and Hoffman. Throughout, close-reading of texts is matched by an insistence on reading them in their historical context. Romantic Writings offers invaluable discussions of issues such as the notion of the Romantic artist; colonialism and the exotic; and the particular situation of women writers and readers.

George MacDonald's Children's Fantasies and the Divine Imagination

George MacDonald's Children's Fantasies and the Divine Imagination
Author: Colin N. Manlove
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1532668511

The great Victorian Christian author George MacDonald is the wellspring of the modern fantasy genre. In this book Colin Manlove offers explorations of MacDonald's eight shorter fairy tales and his longer stories At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, The Wise Woman, and The Princess and Curdie. MacDonald saw the imagination as the source of fairy tales and of divine truth together. For he believed that God lives in the depths of the human mind and "sends up from thence wonderful gifts into the light of the understanding." This makes MacDonald that very rare thing: a writer of mystical fiction whose work can give us experience of the divine. Throughout his children's fantasy stories MacDonald is describing the human and divine imagination. In the shorter tales he shows how the imagination has different regions and depths, each able to shift into the other. With the longer stories we see the imagination in relation to other aspects of the self and to its position in the world. Here the imagination is portrayed as often embattled in relation to empiricism, egotism, and greed.