Fairy Tale

<p>This volume offers a comprehensive critical and theoretical introduction to the genre of the fairy tale. It: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li>explores the ways in which folklorists have defined the genre</li> <li>assesses the various methodologies used in the analysis and interpretation of fairy tale</li> <li>provides a detailed account of the historical development of the fairy tale as a literary form</li> <li>engages with the major ideological controversies that have shaped critical and creative approaches to fairy tales in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries</li> <li>demonstrates that the fairy tale is a highly metamorphic genre that has flourished in diverse media including oral tradition literature film and the visual arts.</li> </ul>