TY - BOOK ID - 663906 TI - The Cambridge companion to fairy tales PY - 2015 SN - 9781107634879 9781107031012 1107634873 110703101X 1316188981 1316190846 1139381067 9781316190845 9781139381062 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Fiction KW - Contes de fées KW - Histoire et critique KW - Fairy tales. KW - Fairy tales KW - History and criticism. KW - Histoire et critique. KW - Contes de fées. KW - Contes de fades KW - Contes de fées UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:663906 AB - Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, fairy tales have increasingly become the focus of intense scholarly inquiry. In this Companion, international scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the historical origins, cultural dissemination and psychological power of fairy stories, and offer model interpretations of tales from a variety of traditions and sources, including Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and the One Thousand and One Nights. Rather than disenchanting the stories, the essays in this volume broaden our understanding of them and deepen our appreciation of the cultural work they do. A chronology and guide to further reading contribute to the usefulness of the volume for students and scholars. ER -