Benjamin Franklin's Humor" Explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century. In his examinations of key classical fairy tales, Zipes traces their unique metamorphoses in history with stunning discoveries that reveal their ideological relationship to domination and oppression. Tales such as Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Rumplestiltskin have become part of our everyday culture and shapers of our identities. In this lively work, Jack Zipes explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in Western society. The fairy tale received its most "mythic" articulation in America. Consequently, Zipes sees Walt Disney's Snow White as an expression of American male individualism, film and literary interpretations of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz as critiques of American myths, and Robert Bly's Iron John as a misunderstanding of folklore and traditional fairy tales. This book will change forever the way we look at the fairy tales of our youth. |
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... Poor Richard 1733-1748 47 4. Philadelphia Comic Relief 1748-1757 65 5. Making Friends Overseas 1757-1774 85 6. Losing London 1773-1776 103 7. Seducing Paris 1776-1782 119 8. Comic Release 1783-1785 137 9. Revising Past and Future 1786 ...
... Poor Richard's Almanac , for newspapers in London and Paris , and for pamphlets for fun or propa- ganda at home and abroad . In journalism , humor gave him a competi- tive edge and in propaganda , a shield for both attack and defense ...
... Poor Richard Saunders , whose mad antics laughed competitors off the field to make Franklin's almanac Philadelphia's fa- vorite . The lively proverbs on prudence , thrift , and industry collected as " The Way to Wealth , " one of ...
... Poor Richard impersonating Old Father Abraham , who preaches to a crowd waiting for a bazaar to open . Old Father Abraham preaches on prudence and thrift , taking his texts not from the Bible but from Poor Richard's Almanac . The gates ...
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Contents
Silence Dogood 17221723 | 7 |
Philadelphias Poor Richard 17291735 | 23 |
Philadelphias Poor Richard 17331748 | 43 |
Philadelphias Poor Richard 17481757 | 61 |
Making Friends Overseas 17571774 | 81 |
Losing London 17731776 | 99 |
Seducing Paris 17761782 | 115 |