Revisioning Red Riding Hood Around the World An Anthology of International Retellings |
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| Author:
| Beckett, Sandra L. |
| Series title: | Series in Fairy-Tale Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8143-3479-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Wayne State University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.70 |
Book Description:
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Across various time periods, audiences, aesthetics, and cultural landscapes, Little Red Riding Hood is a universal icon, and her story is one of the world's most retold tales. In Revisioning Red Riding Hood Around the World, Sandra L. Beckett presents over fifty notable modern retellings. The tales include works published in twenty-four countries and sixteen languages, in texts that span more than a century, but with the majority written in the last fifty years.
Across various time periods, audiences, aesthetics, and cultural landscapes, Little Red Riding Hood is a universal icon, and her story is one of the world's most retold tales. In Revisioning Red Riding Hood Around the World, Sandra L. Beckett presents over fifty notable modern retellings. The tales include works published in twenty-four countries and sixteen languages, in texts that span more than a century, but with the majority written in the last fifty years.