From the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairy Tales - Couverture souple

Maitland, Sara

 
9781619021914: From the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairy Tales
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ISBN 10 : 1619021919 ISBN 13 : 9781619021914
Editeur : Counterpoint, 2013

Synopsis

An insightful, beautifully written study of how nature has influenced popular fairy tales like Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood—pairing 12 modern retellings with detailed histories of Northern European forests.
 
Fairy tales are one of our earliest cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke similar sensations: At times, they are beautiful and magical, at others—spooky and sometimes horrifying. Maitland argues that the terrain of these fairy tales are intimately connected to the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts, and perils.

With each chapter focusing on a different story and a different forest visit, Maitland offers a complex history of forests and how they shape the themes of fairy tales we know best. She offers a unique analysis of famous stories including Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretal, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Rumplestiltskin, and Sleeping Beauty. Maitland uses fairy tales to explore how nature itself informs our imagination, and she guides the reader on a series of walks through northern Europe’s best forests to explore both the ecological history of forests and the roots of fairy tales. In addition to the twelve modern retellings of these traditional fairy tales, she includes beautiful landscape photographs taken by her son as he joined her on these long walks.

Beautifully written and impeccably researched, Maitland has infused new life into tales we’ve always thought we've known.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sara Maitland grew up in London and South West Scotland. Maitland is the author of several books including the Counterpoint Press title, Book of Silence and Daughter of Jerusalem, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award in 1978. She studied English at Oxford University. She currently lives in Newton Stewart, UK.

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Éditeur
Counterpoint
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1619021919
ISBN 13 
9781619021914
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1847084303 ISBN 13 :  9781847084309
Editeur : Granta Books, 2013
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