A.S. Byatt: critical storytelling

Many characters in The Children's Book are involved with fairy tales, from Olive Wellwood, who invents dark modern fairy tales for her children and for publication; to Olive's admirer, Toby Youlgreave, a fairy-tale scholar; to members of the younger generation: The Children's Book is...

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Published in:Marvels & tales 2012, Vol.26 (2), p.269-301
Main Authors: Harries, Elizabeth Wanning, Alfer, Alexa, Campos, Amy J. Edwards de
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Byatt, A.S
Fairy tales
Literature
Story telling
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Summary:Many characters in The Children's Book are involved with fairy tales, from Olive Wellwood, who invents dark modern fairy tales for her children and for publication; to Olive's admirer, Toby Youlgreave, a fairy-tale scholar; to members of the younger generation: The Children's Book is indeed full of things, from Benedict Fludd's and Philip Warren's beautiful (and sometimes disturbing) pots to the horrible details of force-feeding suffragists and of the trenches of World War I. But the worlds of the fairy tale are not the hazy, nostalgic fantasy worlds of Peter Pan or the Wind in the Willows. Reprinted with the permission of Wayne University Press
ISSN:1521-4281