Fairytale fantasy
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Fairytale fantasy is distinguished from other
.History
These stories are not regarded as fantasies but as literary fairy tales, even retrospectively, but from this start, the fairy tale remained a literary form, and fairytale fantasies were an offshoot. Fairytale fantasies, like other fantasies, make use of
Genre overview
This genre may include modern fairy tales, which use fairy tale motifs in original plots, such as
Many fairytale fantasies are
Other forms of fantasy, especially
The settings of fairytale fantasies, like the fairy tales they derive from, may owe less to
Other writers may develop the world as fully as in other subgenres, generating a work that is also, based on setting, a high fantasy, historical fantasy, or contemporary fantasy.
Authors who have worked with the genre include such various figures as Oscar Wilde, Kathryn Davis, A. S. Byatt, Italo Calvino, Angela Carter, Donald Barthelme, Robert Coover, Margaret Atwood, Kate Bernheimer, James Thurber, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Rikki Ducornet, Robert Bly, Katie Farris and Annette Marie Hyder.
See also
References
External links
- The Fairy Tale Review: a Journal of Fairy Tale Literature
- Cabinet des Fees: On-line Journal of Fairy Tale Literature
- Journal of Mythic Arts: On-line Journal of Fairy Tale Literature
- SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Modern Interpretations pages for over 45 tales include lists of modern redactions of fairy tales. Also announces new releases in the genre.