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The Postmodern Fairy Tale: Folkloric Intertexts in Contemporary Fiction.

Publication: Marvels & Tales
Publication Date: 01-APR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Postmodern Fairy Tale: Folkloric Intertexts in Contemporary Fiction.(Book review)

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The Postmodern Fairy Tale: Folkloric Intertexts in Contemporary Fiction. By

Kevin Paul Smith. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 198 pp., bibliography, index.

This scholarly book develops Terry Pratchett's point in Hogfather: "'All right,' said Susan. 'I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need fantasies to make life bearable.' ... NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN" (Pratchett 270; italics in original). The back cover of Kevin Paul Smith's The Postmodern Fairy Tale: Folkloric Intertexts in Contemporary Fiction describes the book as a study that "attempts to explain why fairy tales keep popping up in the most unexpected places." This attempt takes the shape of an exciting stroll through the different ways that fairy tales are used in postmodern fiction. It looks at how autobiography might be told through a fairy-tale mode, and the repercussions of such a telling. Further, it discovers hidden connections between magic realism and fairy tale through select readings of works by contemporary authors such as Salman Rushdie, Angela Carter, Kate...

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