The Fairy-Tale Facade: Cinderella's Anti-grotesque Dream

The Fairy-Tale Facade: Cinderella's Anti-grotesque Dream

Robbins discusses different versions of "Cinderella." Cinderella's lack of grotesqueness renders her artificially inhuman. The fairy tale is a misleading story suggesting that a girl's dream to star as Cinderella will never come true.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of popular culture 1998-12, Vol.32 (3), p.101-115
1. Verfasser: Robbins, Alexandra
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
American literature
Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore
Dreams
Ethnology
Fairy tales
Folk tales
Folklore
Literary criticism
Oates, Joyce Carol (1938- )
Oral/folk literature
Popular culture
Sexton, Anne
Tales, legends
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Zusammenfassung:Robbins discusses different versions of "Cinderella." Cinderella's lack of grotesqueness renders her artificially inhuman. The fairy tale is a misleading story suggesting that a girl's dream to star as Cinderella will never come true.
ISSN:0022-3840
1540-5931
DOI:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1998.3203_101.x