Tales of Wonder : Retelling Fairy Tales Through Picture Postcards, Hardcover ...

by Jack Zipes

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Tales of Wonder : Retelling Fairy Tales Through Picture Postcards, Hardcover by Zipes, Jack David; Warner, Marina (FRW), ISBN 1517902592, ISBN-13 9781517902599, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This volume presents about 500 fairy-tale postcards from around the world, drawn from the author’s collection. They reproduce oil paintings, watercolors, photos, ink drawings, and silhouettes and show how artists and publishers retold and reinterpreted fairy tales through images. Th describes early postcards published from 1895 to 1915; postcards associated with popular fairy tales from 1900 to 2000, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Pied Piper, and Puss in Boots, with versions of the tales included; postcards associated with the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Russian tales, and iconic classics of children’s literature, such as Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, as well as the international propagation of fairy-tale postcards; and photographic and artist series that show how publishers and artists tried to re-envision specific fairy tales. Included is a general history of fairy tales in postcards and their social and cultural function. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781517902599
• Condition: Fine

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