Myths of Innocence and Imagination: The Case of the Fairy Tale
During the nineteenth century both fairy tales and childhood came to represent an elevated imaginary state. Placing the child in an Edenic state of innocence, the Romantics and later the Victorians created a powerful, but also problematic myth of childhood. In heralding fairy tales as imaginative an...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press
2002
|
| In: |
Literature and theology
Year: 2002, Volume: 16, Issue: 4, Pages: 363-376 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
|