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Author Ostry, Elaine, 1967-

Title Social Dreaming : Dickens and the Fairy Tale.

Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (220 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in Major Literary Authors
Studies in major literary authors.
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Nurse's Stories: Fairy Tales as Cultural Voices; WHAT DID DICKENS READ?; DEFINING FAIRY TALES; THE FAIRY TALE AS A PRODUCT OF CULTURE AND NATIONHOOD; In Europe; In England; GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND "CINDERELLA"; CHAPTER TWO Frauds on the Fairies: Defending Fancy; THE CHILD AND EDUCATION; HARD TIMES; CHAPTER THREE Monsters and Fairies, Homes and Wildernesses; HOPE AND HUMANITY; STORYTELLING IN DICKENS; FAIRY-TALE PLOTS; FAIRY-TALE CHARACTERS: MONSTERS AND FAIRIES.
FAIRY-TALE SETTINGS: HOMES AND WILDERNESSESFLORENCE DOMBEY AS SLEEPING BEAUTY; CHAPTER FOUR Dickens's Christmas "Fairy Tales of Home"; HOME OR PRISON? DYSTOPIAN SHADOWS ON THE HEARTH; CHAPTER FIVE The Fairy Tale in Dickens's Periodicals; HOUSEHOLD WORDS AND ALL THE YEAR ROUND; DEFENSES OF THE FAIRY TALE IN HOUSEHOLD WORDS; EDUCATION AND THE FAIRY TALE IN HOUSEHOLD WORDS; THE HOLIDAY ROMANCE OF ALL THE YEAR ROUND; EDUCATION FOR THE POOR CHILD; PROTESTING POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY; THE INFLUENCE OF DICKENS'S PERIODICALS ON THE FAIRY TALE.
APPENDIX A Survey of Criticism on Dickens and the Fairy TaleAPPENDIX B Perrault'sMorals to "Cinderella"; Notes; NOTES TO CHAPTER ONE; NOTES TO CHAPTER TWO; NOTES TO CHAPTER THREE; NOTES TO CHAPTER FOUR; NOTES TO CHAPTER FIVE; NOTES TO APPENDIX A; Works Consulted; SubjectIndex.
Summary First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Subject Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge and learning -- Folklore.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Folklore.
Literature and folklore -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and folklore.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Fairy tales -- England -- History and criticism.
Fairy tales.
Fairy tales in literature.
Fairy tales in literature.
Folklore in literature.
Folklore in literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Ostry, Elaine. Social Dreaming. New York : Routledge, 2013 0415940184
ISBN 9781136716935 (electronic book)
1136716939 (electronic book)