Oddly Modern Fairy Tales – serie
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16 produkter
Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales
Häftad, 2014
175 kr
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Kurt Schwitters revolutionized the art world in the 1920s with his Dadaist Merz collages, theater performances, and poetry. But at the same time he was also writing extraordinary fairy tales that were turning the genre upside down and inside out. Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales is the first …
Cloak of Dreams
Chinese Fairy Tales
Inbunden, 2010
253 kr
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A man is changed into a flea and must bring his future parents together in order to become human again. A woman convinces a river god to cure her sick son, but the remedy has mixed consequences. A young man must choose whether to be close to his wife's soul or body. And two deaf mutes transcend …
Fairies Return
Or, New Tales for Old
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2012
253 kr
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Originally issued in 1934, The Fairies Return was the first collection of modernist fairy tales ever published in England, and it marked the arrival of a satirical classic that has never been surpassed. Even today, this reimagining of fourteen timeless tales--from "Puss in Boots" to "Little Red …
Told Again
Old Tales Told Again - Updated Edition
Inbunden, 2014
253 kr
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Originally published in 1927, Told Again is an enchanting collection of elegant fairy tales, showcasing the formidable talents of a writer who used magical realism before the term had even been invented. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the most celebrated writers of children's literature …
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned
Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition
Av Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert
Inbunden, 2016
315 kr
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The wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned collects thirty-six tales, many newly translated, …
Cloak of Dreams
Chinese Fairy Tales
Häftad, 2013
185 kr
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A man is changed into a flea and must bring his future parents together in order to become human again. A woman convinces a river god to cure her sick son, but the remedy has mixed consequences. A young man must choose whether to be close to his wife's soul or body. And two deaf mutes transcend …
Japanese Tales of Lafcadio Hearn
Av Lafcadio Hearn, Andrei Codrescu
Häftad, 2019
238 kr
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A collection of twenty-eight brilliant and strange stories, inspired by Japanese folk tales and written by renowned Western expatriate Lafcadio HearnLafcadio Hearn (1850–1904) was one of the nineteenth century’s best-known writers, his name celebrated alongside those of Mark Twain and Robert Louis …
Workers' Tales
Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain
Häftad, 2018, 15+ år
203 kr
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A collection of political tales—first published in British workers’ magazines—selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael RosenIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared frequently in socialist-leaning …
Smack-Bam, or The Art of Governing Men
Political Fairy Tales of Édouard Laboulaye
Av Édouard Laboulaye, Jack Zipes
Häftad, 2018
234 kr
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Wry political fairy tales from a nineteenth-century politician that speak to our current timesÉdouard Laboulaye (1811–1883), one of nineteenth-century France’s most prominent politicians and an instrumental figure in establishing the Statue of Liberty, was also a prolific writer of fairy tales. …
Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned
Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition
Av Gretchen Schultz, Lewis Seifert
Häftad, 2019
161 kr
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A new collection of subversive French fairy talesThe wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested. Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella do not live happily ever after. And the fairies are saucy, angry, and capricious. Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned …
Fourth Pig
Häftad, 2019
185 kr
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An enchanting collection that introduces the author and activist Naomi Mitchison to a new generation of readersThe Fourth Pig, originally published in 1936, is a wide-ranging collection of fairy tales, poems, and ballads that reflect the hopes and forebodings of their era but also resonate with …
Told Again
Old Tales Told Again
Häftad, 2019
185 kr
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An enchanting retelling of nineteen fairy tales, introduced by popular fantasy writer Philip PullmanOriginally published in 1927, Told Again is an enchanting collection of elegant fairy tales, showcasing the formidable talents of Walter de la Mare, one of the most celebrated writers of children’s …
Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales
Häftad, 2021
234 kr
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A collection of magical Italian folk and fairy tales—most in English for the first timeThe Pomegranates and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales presents twenty magical stories published between 1875 and 1914, following Italy’s political unification. In those decades of political and social change, …
Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales
Av Hermynia Zur Mühlen, Jack Zipes
Häftad, 2020
204 kr
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A collection of radical political fairy tales—some in English for the first time—from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia Zur Mühlen (1883–1951), one of the twentieth century’s great political writers, was not seemingly destined for a revolutionary, unconventional literary …
Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales
Av Juwen Zhang
Häftad, 2022
204 kr
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A delightful collection of modern Chinese talesThe Dragon Daughter and Other Lin Lan Fairy Tales brings together forty-two magical Chinese tales, most appearing for the first time in English. These stories have been carefully selected from more than a thousand originally published in the early …
Midnight Washerwoman and Other Tales of Lower Brittany
Av Francois-Marie Luzel, Michael Wilson
Häftad, 2024
244 kr
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Twenty-nine Breton tales, as told over a series of long winter nights, featuring an ingenious miller, a Jerusalem-bound ant, a mad dash at midnight, and moreIn the late nineteenth century, the folklorist François-Marie Luzel spent countless winter evenings listening to stories told by his …
