The Victorian press and the fairy tale
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The Victorian press and the fairy tale
（Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
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Bibliography: p. 220-238
Includes index
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Description
This book offers a new history of the fairy tale, revealing the creative role of periodical publication in shaping this popular genre. Sumpter explores the fairy tale's reinvention for (and by) diverse readerships in unexpected contexts, including debates over evolution, colonialism, socialism, gender and sexuality and decadence.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Serializing Scheherazade: An Alternative History of the Fairy Tale Myths of Origin: Folktale Scholarship and Fictional Invention in Magazines for Children Science and Superstition, Realism and Romance: Fairy Tale and Fantasy in the Adult Shilling Monthly 'I wonder were the fairies Socialists?': The Politics of the Fairy Tale in the 1890s Labour Press 'All art is once surface and symbol': Fairy Tales and the Fin-de-Siecle Little Magazines Conclusion: Myth in the Marketplace Notes Bibliography Index
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