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title	:	New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults
author	:	De Vos, Gail.; Altmann, Anna E.
publisher	:	Libraries Unlimited
isbn10 | asin	:	1563084473
print isbn13	:	9781563084478
ebook isbn13	:	9780585080338
language	:	English
subject	Literature and folklore, Young adult fiction--History and criticism, Tales--Adaptations--History and criticism, Young adult fiction--Themes, motives, Young adults--Books and reading, Folklore in literature.
publication date	:	1999
lcc	:	PN56.F58D48 1999eb
ddc	:	398.2/083
subject	:	Literature and folklore, Young adult fiction--History and criticism, Tales--Adaptations--History and criticism, Young adult fiction--Themes, motives, Young adults--Books and reading, Folklore in literature.

Page iii New Tales for Old Folktales as Literary Fictions for Young Adults Gail de Vos Anna E. Altmann 1999 Libraries Unlimited, Inc. and Its Division Teacher Ideas Press Englewood, Colorado

Page iv To Peter, for his support and love. GdV To my mother, who told us the stories, and to the memory of my father, who lived them. AEA Copyright 1999 Gail de Vos and Anna E. Altmann All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. LIBRARIES UNLIMITED, INC. and Its Division Teacher Ideas Press P.O. Box 6633 Englewood, CO 80155-6633 1-800-237-6124 www.lu.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data De Vos, Gail, 1949 New tales for old : folktales as literary fictions for young adults / Gail de Vos, Anna E. Altmann. xxi, 408 p. 1926 cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 1-56308-447-3 1. Literature and folklore. 2. Young adult fictionHistory and criticism. 3. TalesAdaptationsHistory and criticism. 4. Young adult fictionThemes, motives. 5. Young adultsBooks and reading. 6. Folklore in literature. I. Altmann, Anna E. II. Title. PN56.F58D48 1999 398.2'083dc21 99-33150 CIP

Page v Epigraph It is the particular beauty of fairy tales that no one interpretation is the true one, no one version is correct. The ingredients of the tale can be simmered and stirred, flavored and served up in a thousand different ways. Each author begins with common fairy-tale characters, dilemmas, dangers, riddles, and enchantments. Yet with this common straw they make gold, and language is the wheel on which they spin. It is through the language of the tales, and not the plot, that each retelling becomes unique, adding the voices of a new generation of storytellers to the voices of centuries past (Datlow and Windling, Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, 6). But a close look at the stories reveals much more than a simple formula of abuse and retribution. The trials our heroes encounter in their quests illustrate the process of transformation: from youth to adulthood, from victim to hero, from a maimed state into wholeness, from passivity to action. As centuries of artists have known, this gives fairy tales a particular power: not as a quaint escape from the harsh realities of modern life, but in their symbolic portrayal of all the dark and bright life has to offer (Datlow and Windling, Black Swan, White Raven, 4).

Page vii Contents Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii 1Folktales and Literary Fictions 1 Folktales as Oral Narrative 1 Is a Folktale a Fairy Tale? 7 The Art of the Folktale 8 The Interpretation of Folktales 14 The Folktale Audience 21 Filling the Oral Folktale's Sponge 25 Folktales in Postmodern Times 27 Endnotes 30

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