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Author Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Title The enchanted screen : the unknown history of fairy-tale films / Jack Zipes.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2011.

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 Moore Stacks  PN1995.9.F34 Z57 2011    Available  ---
Description xii, 435 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-387) and index.
"Filmography": pages 388-425.
Contents Filmic adaptation and appropriation of the fairy tale -- De-Disneyfying Disney : notes on the development of the fairy-tale film -- Georges Méliès : pioneer of the fairy-tale film and the art of the ridiculous -- Animated fairy-tale cartoons : celebrating the carnival art of the ridiculous -- Animated feature fairy-tale films -- Cracking the magic mirror : re-presentations of Snow White -- The trials and tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood revisited and reviewed -- Bluebeard's original sin and the rise of serial killing, mass murder, and fascism -- The triumph of the underdog : Cinderella's legacy -- Abusing and abandoning children : "Hansel and Gretel," "Tom Thumb," "The Pied Piper," "Donkey-skin," and "The juniper tree" -- Choosing the right mate : why beasts and frogs make for ideal husbands -- Andersen's cinematic legacy : trivialization and innovation -- Adapting fairy-tale novels -- Between slave language and utopian optimism : neglected fairy-tale films of Central and Eastern Europe -- Fairy-tale films in dark times : breaking molds, seeing the world anew.
Subject Fairy tales in motion pictures.
Fairy tales in motion pictures.
Fairy tales -- Film adaptations.
Fairy tales -- Film adaptations.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
ISBN 9780415990622 hardback
0415990629 hardback
9780415990615 paperback
0415990610 paperback