The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories - Couverture rigide

Rodari, Gianni

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ISBN 10 : 1592703054 ISBN 13 : 9781592703050

Editeur : Enchanted Lion Books, 2025

Synopsis

From Gianni Rodari, the father of modern Italian children’s literature, The Grammar of Fantasy is a guide to fairy tales and their potential for teaching creative storytelling to artists of all ages and abilities―with radiant illustrations from award-winning author-illustrator Matt Forsythe and a refreshed translation from Jack Zipes.

“The ultimate synthesis of Rodari’s exuberant knowledge, a book of both pedagogy and poetics, poetry for teachers and pedagogy for poets.” ―Italo Calvino

A groundbreaking pedagogical work that is also a handbook for writers of all ages and kinds, The Grammar of Fantasy offers a playful, practical path to finding your own voice through the power of storytelling. Full of ideas, glosses on fairy tales, stories, and wide-ranging activities, this book changed how the creative arts were taught in Italian schools.

Gianni Rodari is not only revered as a children’s author, but also remembered for his visionary pedagogy, and it is these two fields he combines in this revolutionary work.

Translated into English by acclaimed scholar of folklore and children’s literature Jack Zipes, and with original art from Matthew Forsythe, this edition of The Grammar of Fantasy is one to live with and return to for its humor, intelligence, and remarkable understanding of children and the imagination.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

The Italian Author Gianni Rodari wrote many beloved children's books and was awarded the prestigious Andersen Prize. But he was also an educator of paramount importance in Italy and an activist who understood the liberating power of the imagination. He is one of the twentieth century's greatest authors for children, and Italy's greatest. Influenced by French surrealism and linguistics, Rodari stressed the importance of poetic language, metaphor, made-up language, and play. At a time when schooling was all about factual knowledge, Rodari wrote The Grammar of Fantasy, a radically imaginative book about storytelling and play. He was a forerunner of writing techniques such as the "fantastic binomial" and the utopian, world engendering "what if...." The relevance of Rodari's works today lies in his poetics of imagination, his humanist yet challenging approach to reality, and his themes, such as war and peace, immigration, injustice, inequality, and liberty. Forty years after his death, Rodari's writing is as powerful and innovative as ever. He died in Rome in 1980.

Jack Zipes is a renowned children's historian and folklorist who has written,
translated, and edited dozens of books on fairytales. He is a professor at the
University of Minnesota.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Enchanted Lion Books
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1592703054
• ISBN 13: 9781592703050
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Forsythe Matthew
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 316
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