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Rooted in the oral traditions of cultures worldwide, fairy tales have long played an integral part in children's upbringing. Filled with gothic and fantastical elements like monsters, dragons, evil step-parents and fairy godmothers, fairy tales remain important tools for teaching children about themselves, and the dangers and joys of the world around them.
In this collection of new essays, literary scholars examine gothic elements in more recent entries into the fairy tale genre--for instance, David Almond's Skellig, Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Coraline and Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events--exploring such themes as surviving incest, and the capture and consumption of children. Although children's literature has seen an increase in reality-based stories that allow children no room for escape from their everyday lives, these essays demonstrate the continuing importance of fairy tales in helping them live well-rounded lives.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The State of Modern Fairy Tales (Joseph Abbruscato)
"Something like you, something like a beast": Gothic Convention and Fairy Tale Elements in David Almond's Skellig (Carys Crossen)
"Baby and I were baked in a pie": Cannibalism and the Consumption of Children in Young Adult Literature (Tanya Jones)
Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game: Authoring Home in Fairyland (Erin Wyble Newcomb)
Being Nobody: Identity in Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book (Joseph Abbruscato)
"She would not think of it": Surviving Incest in Robin McKinley's Deerskin (Sarah R. Wakefield)
"Transform, and twist, and change": Deconstructing Coraline (Lisa K. Perdigao)
"Comparatively innocent": The Terrible Search for Nobility in A Series of Unfortunate Events (Tim Sadenwasser)
Earning the Right to Wear Midnight: Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching (Eileen Donaldson)
"Monstrosity will be called for": Holly Black's and Melissa Marr's Urban Gothic Fairy Tale Heroines (Rhonda Nicol)
Reading in the Dark: Narrative Reframing in the Unheimlich Underworld of Merrie Haskell's The Princess Curse (Carissa Turner Smith)
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