Fairy tales and the fiction of Iris Murdoch, Margaret Drabble, and A.S. Byatt

Titel: Fairy tales and the fiction of Iris Murdoch, Margaret Drabble, and A.S. Byatt / Lisa M. Fiander
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Veröffentlicht: New York : Lang, 2004
Umfang: XXI, 192 S.
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
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mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies on themes and motifs in literature ; 70
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: 2005. - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 0820481076 (Sekundärausgabe) ; 9780820481074 (Sekundärausgabe)

Fiander (English, U. of Alberta) examines themes that lurk beneath the uncensored versions of the Grimm brothers' fairy tales, and how those themes have informed the works of Murdoch, Drabble, and Byatt. She finds the tales and the novels share dark elements, such as childhood anxiety, and fear of violence and incest. However, she also finds they s