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Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws: Fairy-Tale Beasts (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)
Jennifer Schacker (Ed.)
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Description for Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws: Fairy-Tale Beasts (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies)
Hardcover. A richly illustrated collection of evocative animal stories that offers young adult and adult readers a new vision of the fairy-tale past. Editor(s): Schacker, Jennifer. Series: Series in Fairy-Tale Studies. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: YFG; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 825.
A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through fairy-tale history. Some marvelous animal characters are deeply inscribed in current popular culture-the beast redeemed by beauty, the wolf in pursuit of little girls and little pigs, the frog prince released from enchantment by a young princess. But like the adventures of many fairy-tale heroes, a curious reader's exploration in the genre can yield surprises, challenges, and unexpected rewards. Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws: Fairy-Tale Beasts presents lesser-known tales featuring animals both wild and gentle who appear in imaginative landscapes and enjoy a host of surprising talents. With ... Read more
A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through fairy-tale history. Some marvelous animal characters are deeply inscribed in current popular culture-the beast redeemed by beauty, the wolf in pursuit of little girls and little pigs, the frog prince released from enchantment by a young princess. But like the adventures of many fairy-tale heroes, a curious reader's exploration in the genre can yield surprises, challenges, and unexpected rewards. Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws: Fairy-Tale Beasts presents lesser-known tales featuring animals both wild and gentle who appear in imaginative landscapes and enjoy a host of surprising talents. With ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Series in Fairy-Tale Studies
Condition
New
Weight
824g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814340691
SKU
V9780814340691
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Ref
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About Jennifer Schacker (Ed.)
Jennifer Schacker is associate professor of English at University of Guelph and author of National Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century England.Christine A. Jones is associate professor of French at the University of Utah and author of Shapely Bodies: The Image of Porcelain in Eighteenth-Century France. Jones and Schacker are longtime collaborators and co-editors of Marvelous Transformations: An ... Read more
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