Freud in Oz : at the intersections of psychoanalysis and children's literature by Kidd, Kenneth B.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: reopening the case of Peter Pan -- Kids, fairy tales, and the uses of enchantment -- Child analysis, play, and the golden age of Pooh -- Three case histories: Alice, Peter Pan, and OZ -- Maurice Sendak and picturebook psychology -- "A case history of us all": the adolescent novel before and after Salinger -- T is for trauma: the children's literature of atrocity.…”
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Jim Henson's The storyteller. Witches, [Issue 2] by Vidaurri, S. M.

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Fantasy Literature : Challenging Genres. by Fabrizi, Mark A.

Table of Contents: “…CRITICAL PEDAGOGY AND REFLEXIVITY; Bibliography 8; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART TWO: GENDER, CLASS, AND PRIVILEGE; 5. STRONG WOMEN IN FAIRY TALES EXISTED LONG BEFORE FROZEN: Teaching Gender Studies via Folklore; THE RICH SCHOLARLY TRADITION ACCOMPANYING FAIRY TALES; ASKING QUESTIONS TO ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING; SEEING STORIES AS PART OF AN ONGOING CONVERSATION; TALES SPEAKING THE CHANGES A SOCIETY MAY NEED; NOTE; REFERENCES; 6. …”
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Where the girls are : growing up female with the mass media by Douglas, Susan J. (Susan Jeanne), 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Fractured fairy tales -- Mama said -- Sex and the single teenager -- Why the Shirelles mattered -- She's got the devil in her heart -- Genies and witches -- Throwing out our bras -- I am woman, hear me roar -- The rise of the bionic bimbo -- The ERA as catfight -- Narcissism as liberation -- I'm not a feminist, but--…”

This mean disease : growing up in the shadow of my mother's anorexia nervosa by Becker, Daniel, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Preface; Prologue; 1 Departure; 2 Fairy Tale; 3 Home; 4 Numb; 5 Appearances; 6 Descent; 7 Portrait; 8 Disappear; 9 Mean Disease; 10 Earthquake; 11 Residue; 12 Exodus; Epilogue; Notes; Acknowledgements; About the Author.…”
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Inari Sami folklore : stories from Aanaar by Koskimies, Aukusti Valdemar, 1856-1929, Itkonen, T. I. (Toivo Immanuel), 1891-1968

Table of Contents: “…Songs -- Animal tales -- Fairy tales -- Short tales -- Humorous stories and anecdotes -- Belief legends -- Historical and regional legends -- Stories about Cudit -- Peeivih vualappa -- Stories about the Skolts -- Hunting stories -- Personal experience narratives -- Proverbs and figures of speech -- Riddles -- Omens and signs -- Appendices.…”
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Golden Fruit : a cultural history of oranges in Italy by Mazzoni, Cristina, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Women and Fruit in Basileâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x9C;The Three Citronsâ#x80;#x9D;Citrus Fruit and the Literary Dignity of Fairy Tales; 3 The Fruit of the Womb: Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Maternal Images of Citrus; Pregnancy and Metamorphosis in Botany and Literature; Fruit, Women, and Monsters in Early Modern Europe; The Classification of Citrus Monsters in Hesperides; Ferrariâ#x80;#x99;s Citrus Myths of Origin; 4 Strange Fruit: Violence and the Sacred in the Economy of Citrus; Oranges and Wealth in Early Modern Times; The Ambivalent Value of Oranges in Sicilian Folklore; Sacred Oranges and Immigrant Stories.…”
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Not Your Penance by Jaremko Bromwich, Rebecca

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Erratic -- Baby Adam -- Daytimer -- Shangri Law -- Looking east -- Eagle Scout -- Courtroom Six -- Curse -- The sentence -- Family and fatigue and friends -- Secrets -- Fairy Tales -- #Satisfaction -- Coincidence -- Forty-two -- #Authenticity -- Pandora -- The rock that ran -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author.…”
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Romance on a global stage : pen pals, virtual ethnography, and "mail-order" marriages by Constable, Nicole

Table of Contents: “…Making introductions -- Ethnography in imagined virtual communities -- Feminism and myths of "mail-order" marriages -- Fairy tales, family values, and the global politics of romance -- Political economy and the cultural logics of desire -- Women's agency and the gendered geography of marriage -- Tales of waiting: history, immigration, and the state -- Conclusion: marriage, migration, and transnational families.…”
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Trolls : an Unnatural History. by Lindow, John

Table of Contents: “…Folklore Trolls; 4. Fairy-tale Trolls and Trolls Illustrated; 5. Trolls in Literature; 6. …”
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Afrofuturism : the world of black sci-fi and fantasy culture by Womack, Ytasha

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of a space cadet -- A human fairy tale named Black -- Project imagination -- Mothership in the key of Mars -- The African cosmos for modern mermaids (mermen) -- The divine feminine in space -- Pen my future -- Moonwalkers in paint and pixels -- A clock for time travelers -- The surreal life -- Agent change -- Future world.…”
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Russia, freaks and foreigners : three performance texts by MacDonald, James

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Texts; Bread and Circus Freaks; The Sweetheart Zone; Emigré s; Part Two: Essays; Getting to Know James MacDonald; Director's Notes; Freaks, Food and Fairy Tales: Confronting the Limits of Disability in Bread and Circus Freaks; Epilogue; Contributors; Back Cover.…”
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Afrofuturism : the world of black sci-fi and fantasy culture by Womack, Ytasha

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of a space cadet -- A human fairy tale named Black -- Project imagination -- Mothership in the key of Mars -- The African cosmos for modern mermaids (mermen) -- The divine feminine in space -- Pen my future -- Moonwalkers in paint and pixels -- A clock for time travelers -- The surreal life -- Agent change -- Future world.…”
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Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast by Garcia, Maria, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Framing the beast of individuation -- A woman's beast: the silence of the lambs -- The male quest: when the hero doesn't get "the girl" -- Love affairs with the beast: two women of screwball comedy -- The beast of The diamond -- The child's quest: a first glimpse of mortality -- Catherine Breillat and the fairy tale quest as "passage" -- Robert Bresson and the feminine face of god.…”
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Rethinking development geographies by Power, Marcus, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- Thirdworldism and the imagination of global development -- Post-colonial geographies of development -- Globalisation, government and power -- The dissemination of development -- 'Theorising back' : views from the South and the globalisation of resistance -- Conclusions : resisting the temptations of remedies, mirages and fairy-tales.…”
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Re-forming world literature : Katherine Mansfield and the modernist short story

Table of Contents: “…-that's the way with all stories"; Consuming Identifications: Food Politics in Mansfield's "A Suburban Fairy Tale"; Treasure and Rot: Preservation and Bequest in Mansfield's Short Fiction…”
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Why think? : philosophical play from 3-11 by Stanley, Sara

Table of Contents: “…-- Reflecting on the nature of play and philosophy -- 2 Storytelling and Fairy Tales -- Starting with the children's stories -- Children as tellers of tales -- The power of the fairy tale -- Using fairy tale puppets -- Fairy tale activities -- Reflecting on the nature of our children's stories -- 3 Big Thinking, Big Ideas - The Role of the Facilitator -- Exploring concepts: The philosophy of life -- Introducing concepts to the children -- Better questioning -- Reflecting on the role of the facilitator -- 4 Creating Philosophical Thinkers…”
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Marina Warner and the ethics of telling silenced stories by Propst, Lisa Gena, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Stories of Silencing and the Dangers of Appropriation -- 1 Writing across Cultures: Multiple Viewpoints and Openness to Uncertainty in Warners's Early Life and Vietnam Journalism -- 2 Role Models and Parallel Lives: Identification and Imagination in In a Dark Wood, The Skating Party, and The Lost Father -- 3 Unsettling Stories: Disruptions of Empathy in Indigo and The Leto Bundle -- 4 Hearing the Unsaid: An Ethics of Bearing Witness in Warner's Short Fiction -- 5 Nervous Histories: Resistance to Scholarly Mastery in Warner's Studies of Myths and Fairy Tales -- Coda: The Power and Limits of Narrative -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index…”
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Picture Books for Children : Fiction, Folktales, and Poetry. by Northrup, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Chapter 1: The Picture Book: Where Words and Art Come Together; Chapter 2: My Family and Myself; Chapter 3: In My Community; Chapter 4: Out in the World; Chapter 6: Folktales and Fairy Tales; Suggested Resources; Appendix 1: Picture Books about Art; Appendix 2: Self-Referential Picture Books; Illustration Credits; Index.…”
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Utopias and architecture by Coleman, Nathaniel

Table of Contents: “…-- Conceptualizing utopias -- Architecture and orientation -- Situating utopias -- Real fictions -- Varieties of architectural utopias -- Post war possibilities -- Optimistic architectures -- Le Corbusier's monastic ideal -- The life within -- Fairy tales and golden dust -- Kahn and Salk's challenge to dualistic thinking -- Aldo van Eyck's utopian discipline -- Story of another idea -- The unthinkability of utopia -- Into the present.…”
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Game on! : gamification, gameful design, and the rise of the gamer educator by Bell, Kevin, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…: the maturation of online education -- University of South Florida : the fairy tale MOOC -- University of New Hampshire : the hero's journey -- The University of Waterloo : ethical decision making -- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts : dungeons and discourse -- The Pennsylvania State University -- Assessing gamification : conclusions and implications -- Catching ... -- Captain's epilogue.…”
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Chronicles in stone : preservation, patriotism, and identity in Northwest Russia by Donovan, Victoria, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…: Marketing Heritage To National Audiences -- Landscapes Of Living History : Folk Architecture In The National Imaginary -- Burnt-Out Fairy Tales : Preservation As A Metaphor For Loss After Socialism -- Guardians Of Our Heritage : Rebranding The Northwest In The Putin Era -- "Every Centimeter Of This Ground Is History" : Heritage, Narrative, And Identity.…”
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Wally's stories by Paley, Vivian Gussin, 1929-2019

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Prologue -- Wally -- Stories -- Rulers -- Jealousy -- Fairness -- Magic -- Wishes -- Fairies -- Rose -- Bad and Good -- Robbers -- Man in the Moon -- Theater -- Babies -- Fish -- Santa Claus -- Pulley -- Numbers -- Martin Luther King -- Birthdays -- Akemi -- Fairy Tales and Superheroes -- Monsters -- Lies -- Sugar -- Valentines -- Tricks -- Moving -- Actors -- Lessons -- Safety -- Quarters -- Ladder -- Carrots -- Girls and Boys -- Appendix…”
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The pleasure of the feminist text : reading Michele Roberts and Angela Carter by Gruss, Susanne, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Popular Genres: Sexy Fairy Tales, Feminist Romances, Chick Lit; 7. History and Auto/Biography; 8. …”
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Voyage through time : walks of life to the Nobel Prize by Zewail, Ahmed H.

Table of Contents: “…First steps : on the banks of the Nile -- The gate to science : the Alexandria years -- The American encounter : Independence in Philadelphia -- California gold : from Berkeley to Pasadena -- The invisible atom : close-up at Caltech -- The race against time : six millennia to femtotime -- Time and matter : the femtouniverse in perspective -- On the road to Stockholm : festivities and fairy tales -- A personal vision : the world of the have-nots -- Walks to the future : my hope for Egypt and America -- Epilogue : success, is there a formula?…”
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Strangers in a strange land : occidentalist publics and orientalist geographies in nineteenth century Georgian imaginaries by Manning, Paul, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Europe started here -- Languages of nature, culture, and civilization : Letters of a traveler -- Imperial and colonial sublime : the aesthetics of infrastructures -- Correspondence : "Georgians, that is, readers of Droeba" -- Spies and journalists : aristocratic and intelligentsia publics -- Writers and speakers : pseudonymous intelligentsia and anonymous people -- Dialogic genres : conversations and feuilletons -- Writing and life : fact and fairy tale -- Fellow travelers : localism, occidentalism, and orientalism -- Conclusion : a stranger from a strange land.…”
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The man who carried Cash : Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, and the making of an American icon by Chadwick, Julie

Table of Contents: “…-- Carrying Cash -- The proposal -- The crash -- Camelot, Nixon, and the fairy tale that wasn't -- From jails to Jesus -- The richest man in the cemetery -- The gospel road -- The wisest man I know -- Cinnamon Hill.…”
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Children's literature and learner empowerment : children and teenagers in English language education by Bland, Janice

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Bridging a Curricular Gap with Graphic NovelsThe contribution of graphic novels in the EFL-literature classroom; The emotional homelessness of adolescence and the home/away/home story; Developing literary skills with lower intermediate learners: Baum and Cavallaro's The Wizard of Oz: The Graphic Novel; Part 2 Literary Literacy in the EFL-Literature Classroom; Chapter 4 Postmodern Fairy Tales: Co-constructing Meaning; Stepping-stones to co-constructing meaning; Gaining confidence as perceptive 'gap' readers with literary texts; The literature canon and schema-refreshing discourse.…”
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Literature for children and adolescents. Modern fantasy.

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Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism by Zehner, Ozzie

Table of Contents: “…Solar cells and other fairy tales -- Wind power's flurry of limitations -- Biofuels and the politics of big corn -- The nuclear-military-industrial risk complex -- The hydrogen zombie -- Conjuring clean coal -- Hydropower, hybrids, and other hydras -- II. …”
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Green illusions : the dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism by Zehner, Ozzie

Table of Contents: “…Solar cells and other fairy tales -- Wind power's flurry of limitations -- Biofuels and the politics of big corn -- The nuclear-military-industrial risk complex -- The hydrogen zombie -- Conjuring clean coal -- Hydropower, hybrids, and other hydras -- II. …”
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The excellence of falsehood : romance, realism, and women's contribution to the novel by Ross, Deborah, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…The Female Quixote: A Realistic Fairy Tale; 5. Fanny Burney's Novels: Romance with Regret; 6. …”
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Star ledger : poems by Hull, Lynda, 1954-1994

Table of Contents: “…I; Star Ledger; Shore Leave; Fairy Tales: Steel Engravings; Love Song during Riot with Many Voices; Midnight Reports; The Real Movie, with Stars; So Many Swimmers; Adagio; II; Edgemont: The Swans; Visiting Hour; The Crossing, 1927; Aubade; Studies from Life; Utopia Parkway; Gateway to Manhattan; Magical Thinking; Utsuroi; III; Cubism, Barcelona; Counting in Chinese; Carnival; Frugal Repasts; Abacus; Lost Fugue for Chet; Vita Brevis; Hospice; Black Mare.…”
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Cultural journeys : multicultural literature for elementary and middle school students by Gates, Pamela S.

Table of Contents: “…Picture Books; 4. Folktales, Fairy Tales, and Tall Tales; 5. Historical Fiction; 6. …”
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The method of metaphor by Raffel, Stanley

Table of Contents: “…""Cover ""; ""Half title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter 1: Metaphor in Dante ""; ""Chapter 2: Metaphor in Fairy Tales ""; ""Chapter 3: Sontagâ€?s Critique of Metaphors ""; ""Chapter 4: Abortion ""; ""Chapter 5: Metaphors and the Issue of Incommensurability ""; ""Chapter 6: Israel and Palestine ""; ""Chapter 7: The Problem of Evil ""; ""Chapter 8: Tragedy vs Comedy ""; ""Chapter 9: Teaching ""; ""Chapter 10: Oriented Action ""; ""Chapter 11: Bad Metaphors ""; ""References ""; ""Back Cover ""…”
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Starting with Leibniz by Woolhouse, R. S.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: LIFE AND WORKS; CHAPTER 2: LEIBNIZ'S 'FAIRY TALE'; CHAPTER 3: SUBSTANCES; CHAPTER 4: MATERIAL BODY; CHAPTER 5: MINDS AND MONADS; CHAPTER 6: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY; CHAPTER 7: CAUSATION AND THE METAPHYSICS OF FORCE; CHAPTER 8: BODY AND MIND; CHAPTER 9: SPACE; CHAPTER 10: GOD AND OUR RELATION TO HIM; CHAPTER 11: CONTINGENCY AND FREEDOM; CHAPTER 12: THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS; Abbreviations and References; Index.…”
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Russian science fiction literature and cinema : a critical reader

Table of Contents: “…Smith ; Klushantsev: Russia's wizard of fantastika / Lynn Barker and Robert Skotak ; Towards the last fairy tale: the fairy-tale paradigm in the Strugatskys' science fiction, 1963-72 / Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. ; Tarkovsky, Solaris, and Stalker / Stephen Dalton -- Futures at the end of utopia. …”
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Violence in French and Francophone literature and film

Table of Contents: “…Polachek -- The heroine's violent compromise : two fairy tales by Madama d"Aulnoy / Marcy Farrell -- L'indisable et l'obscène : Flaubert, Sade et la loi : à propos de Bouvard et Pécuchet / Florence Pellegrini -- The narrator-perpetrator and the infectious crime scene : Emmanuel Carrière's l'Adversaire / Esther N. …”
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Early modern medievalisms : the interplay between scholarly reflection and artistic production

Table of Contents: “…Begga and her office in early modern Beguine scholarship and musical sources / Pieter Mannaerts -- Medievalism and magic : illustrating classical French fairy tales / Daphne M. Hoogenboezem -- A fairy troubadour? …”
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Helen of Troy. by Lang, Andrew

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