Breaking the magic spell

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"In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of investigating oral folk tales in their socio-political context and traces their evolution into literary fairy tales, a metamorphosis that often diminished the ideology of the original narrative. Zipes also looks at how folk tales influence our popular beliefs and the ways they have been exploited by a corporate media network intent on regulating the mystical elements of the stories. He examines a range of authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Ernst Bloch, Tolkien, Bettelheim, and J.K. Rowling to demonstrate the continuing symbolic relationship between folklore and literature." -- book cover

subjects: History and criticism,  Tales,  Fairy tales,  Tales, history and criticism,  Fairy tales, history and criticism,  Folklore, theory, methods, etc.,  Folklore,  Folk literature,  Economic forecasting,  Forecasting,  Social sciences,  Research