The Fabulous Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio : Exploring Their Parallel Worlds (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Tosi, Laura/ Hunt, Peter/ Palumbo, Donald E. (EDT)

McFarland & Co Inc（2018/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 237 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476665436
• DDC分類 823.8

Full Description

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871) and Carlo Collodi's Le Avventure di Pinocchio (1883) are among the most influential classics of children's literature. Firmly rooted in their respective British and Italian national cultures, the Alice and Pinocchio stories connected to a worldwide audience almost like folktales and fairy tales and have become fixtures of postmodernism.

Although they come from radically different political and social backgrounds, the texts share surprising similarities. This comparative reading explores their imagery and history, and discusses them in the broader context of British and Italian children's stories.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part One. Theories, Choices and Contexts

1. Alice Meets Pinocchio: Parallel Readings, National Stereotypes and Cultural Associations

2. Books, Canons and Characters: Pinocchio in Wonderland and Alice in Tuscany

3. Carlo and Charles: Italy in the Age of Pinocchio, England in the Age of Alice

Part Two. Origins: Folktale, ­Fairy-Tale and Fantasy

deleteTraditions

4. Pinocchio as fiaba, Alice as ­Fairy-Tale: Folktale and ­Fairy-Tale Traditions

5. Fantasy and Form in Alice and Pinocchio

Part Three. New Journeys: Postmodernist

deleteExperiments with Alice and Pinocchio and Parallel Genre Readings in Empire Fictions

6. The Postmodernist Journeys of Alice and Pinocchio: Adventures in Transnational and Transtextual Identities

7. Childhood, School and Empire in Italy and the UK: Hughes and De Amicis, Henty and Salgari

Appendix: "Strange Meeting in ­Wonder-Tuscany" by Peter Hunt

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index