Fairy tales have been and are constantly being rewritten in order to question and subvert historically inscribed ideological meanings. This essay explores the way in which from the 19th century to the present, literary fairy tales in England have suggested alternative values to its child and adult addressees.

What do fairy tales teach? Updating and challenging the didactic canon

TOSI, Laura
2009-01-01

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Fairy tales have been and are constantly being rewritten in order to question and subvert historically inscribed ideological meanings. This essay explores the way in which from the 19th century to the present, literary fairy tales in England have suggested alternative values to its child and adult addressees.
2009
Acts of Reading. Teachers, texts and childhood
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