Tales and Essays for Children
Author: Lydia Howard Sigourney
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Published: 1835
Total Pages: 136
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Author: Lydia Howard Sigourney
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Published: 1835
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Susan Redington Bobby
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0786453966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough 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.
Author: Jane 1783-1824 Taylor
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Published: 2016-08-28
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 9781372044366
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1994-09-01
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 1440673896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese short fiction and prose pieces display the variety of Twain's imaginative invention, his diverse talents, and his extraordinary emotional range. Twain was a master of virtually every prose genre; in fables and stories, speeches and essays, he skilfully adapted, extended or satirized literary conventions, guided only by his unruly imagination. From the comic wit that sparkles in maxims from 'Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar,' to the parodic perfection of 'An Awful - Terrible Medieval Romance,' to the satirical delights of The Innocents Abroad and Roughing It; from the warm nostalgia of 'Early Days' to the bitter, brooding tone of 'The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg' to the anti-imperial vehemence of 'To the Person Sitting in the Darkness' and the poignant grief expressed in 'Death of Jean', Twain emerges in this volume in many guises, all touched by genius. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author: John Sterling
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Published: 1848
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Published: 1862
Total Pages: 226
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Published: 1838
Total Pages: 290
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dorsey Armstrong
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Published: 2016-07-05
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1580442293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe great corpus that is medieval literature contains, at its very center, the tale. These verse and prose fictional narratives, as well as stories that are grounded in some degree of historical truth, are the foundation of what readers, scholars, and enthusiasts often point to as signifiers of the medieval age. These tales - from the skillfully crafted to the more rudimentary and plain - often make familiar to modern readers what seems so distant and foreign about the Middle Ages. This volume of essays focuses on the tale and its ability to create "mirth," what modern audiences would often define as "happiness" or "joy," and the significance that the book has had on the transference of this mirth to audiences. This volume also celebrates the scholarship of Thomas H. Ohlgren, a medievalist whose work encompasses a number of different areas, but at its center lives the power of the tale and its ability to create a lasting impression on readers, both medieval and modern.
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Published: 1761
Total Pages: 284
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: London Temperance League (LONDON)
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Published: 1852
Total Pages: 110
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