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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... Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials . Manufactured in the United States of America . ALP Member of the Association of American University Presses For Mo Sloane and Andy Zall CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction.
Paul Zall. For Mo Sloane and Andy Zall CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction : A Life in Laughter 1 Preface.
... 1776 103 7. Seducing Paris 1776-1782 119 8. Comic Release 1783-1785 137 9. Revising Past and Future 1786-1790 153 Notes 169 Sources 175 Index 181 PREFACE A quarter - century ago , I compiled an Introduction: A Life in Laughter.
Paul Zall. PREFACE A quarter - century ago , I compiled an edition of anecdotes by and about Ben Franklin aimed at charting the growth of his fame as America's en- during voice of good - humored common sense . The present book focuses on ...
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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 |