European Fairy Tales from the Renaissance to the Late Victorian Era
Author | : Mehrdad F. Samadzadeh |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2020-09-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 1433170981 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781433170980 |
Rating | : 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Download or read book European Fairy Tales from the Renaissance to the Late Victorian Era written by Mehrdad F. Samadzadeh and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the interplay of childhood and the fairy tale as they both changed character in accordance with the historical transformations of the mid-nineteenth century. While the fairy tale was instrumental in the social construction of childhood, the latter for its part played an equally crucial role in altering the narrative structure of the fairy tale. So viewed, the story of childhood is closely intertwined with the fairy tale, and both with modernity as it changed its focus with the changing direction of the civilizing process. The liberating potential of modernity emerges when a broad spectrum of the marginalized, including children, begin to assert themselves and gain recognition as independent subjects of historical inquiry.