Fairy Tale and Film Old Tales with a New Spin
Description
Sue Short examines how fairy tale tropes have been reworked in contemporary film, identifying familiar themes in a range of genres – including rom coms, crime films and horror – and noting key similarities and differences between the source narratives and their offspring.
Keywords
HistorySocial HistoryLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial SciencePerforming ArtsFilmHistory & CriticismArtAnthropologyCultural & Social
2014Book
Author(s)S. Short
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137020161
LanguageEnglish
