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Fairy Tale and Film

Fairy Tale and Film

Sue Short

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Springer Nature B.V.
Año de edición:
2014
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Folclore, mitos y leyendas
ISBN:
9781137020161
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Sue Short examines how fairy tale tropes have been reworked in contemporary film, identifying familiar themes in a range of genres - including rom coms, crime films and horror - and noting key similarities and differences between the source narratives and their offspring.

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