Happily, Ever After: The Resilience of the Fairy Tale, Part 1.

Hearn, Michael Patrick

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ERIC Number: EJ577013

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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Happily, Ever After: The Resilience of the Fairy Tale, Part 1.

Hearn, Michael Patrick

Teaching and Learning Literature with Children and Young Adults, v8 n1 p85-98 Sep-Oct 1998

Discusses the work of Frenchman Charles Perrault, the seminal figure in fairy tales, and puts it in context of the French fairy tale fashion. Describes how the fairy tale came to England. Describes how the Germans revived the fairy tale at the end of the 18th century, and discusses the work of the Brothers Grimm. (SR)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Eighteenth Century Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Fables, Fairy Tales, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literary History, Literature Appreciation, Nineteenth Century Literature, Nursery Rhymes, Seventeenth Century Literature

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: France; Germany; United Kingdom (England)

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