The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature

Essays on Stories from Grimm to Gaiman

Tanya Jones editor Joseph Abbruscato editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc

Published:30th Aug '14

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Focusing upon contemporary young adult literature, this collection features an academic look at the use of the classic fairy tale and its Gothic elements in the creation of both new tales and retellings of classic stories.

“Emphasizes the function of dark fairy tales as antidotes to the sanitization of the fairy tale most often associated with the work of the Disney Corporation…makes a good starting point”—International Research Society for Children’s Literature (IRSCL); “Gaiman’s Newberry-winning The Graveyard Book is characteristic of the bold stirring-up of suspense and horror in readers’ sensibilities that animates The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young adult Literature…rich in interpretative potential”—Gramarye: The Journal of the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy

ISBN: 9780786479351

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216 pages