European Fairy Tales from the Renaissance to the Late Victorian Era

This book explores the interplay of childhood and the fairy tale as they both changed character in accordance with the historical transformations of the mid-nineteenth century.

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Mehrdad F. Samadzadeh earned his Ph.D. in European social history from the University of Toronto. He earned a M. Phil. in modern Iranian history from Jawahar Lal Nehru University New Delhi and an M.A. in modern Indian history from Jawahar Lal Nehru University.

Inhalt
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Introduction The Child as a Historical Subject From Folk Tales to Fairy Tales The Changing Character of Fairy Tales from Straparola to Perrault The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and the Political Socialization of Children in the Age of Nationalism The Escape from Innocence: Contradictions of Modern Childhood Conclusion Epilogue Bibliography Index