Divination and the shamanic story by Berman, Michael, 1951-

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White Nights and Other Stories "The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness". by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

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A companion to European Romanticism

Table of Contents: “…A Companion to European Romanticism; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 On Pre-Romanticism or Sensibility: Defining Ambivalences; 2 Shakespeare and European Romanticism; 3 Scottish Romanticism and Scotland in Romanticism; 4 Byron's Influence on European Romanticism; 5 The Infinite Imagination: Early Romanticism in Germany; 6 From Autonomous Subjects to Self-regulating Structures: Rationality and Development in German Idealism; 7 German Romantic Fiction; 8 The Romantic Fairy Tale; 9 German Romantic Drama; 10 Early French Romanticism.…”
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The history of British literature on film, 1895-2015 by Semenza, Gregory M. Colón, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Attractions, Tricks, and Fairy Tales: Visual and Theatrical Culture In the Brit-Lit Film, 1896-1907 -- "Crude, Vicious, and Lascivious Entertainments": The Rise of the Brit-Lit Feature Film, 1907-20 -- Internationalizing the Brit-Lit Film: Hollywood and the World Film Market, 1920-27 -- Sound, Studios, and Censorship: The Brit-Lit Film, 1927-39 -- The Empire Strikes Back: Britain's Reclamation Of Brit-Lit, 1939-57 -- Traditions and Revolutions: The Brit-Lit Film, 1957-79 -- The Brit-Lit Film after Film, 1979-2015.…”
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Cardinal men and scarlet women : a colorful etymology of words that discriminate by Keessen, Jan, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…; CHAPTER TWO: CARDINAL MEN AND SCARLET WOMEN; CHAPTER THREE: THE LOCK AND LOAD JESUS; CHAPTER FOUR: FAIRY TALES AND FAMILY VALUES; CHAPTER FIVE: VAMPS, BUNNY BOILERS, & AMAZON WOMEN WARRIORS; CHAPTER SIX: WOLF WHISTLES; CHAPTER SEVEN: MAROON, THE OTHER COLOR: IN THE RACE OF CASTE AND CLASS; CHAPTER EIGHT: FROM HAGS TO BITCHES; CHAPTER NINE: A WOMB WITH A VIEW; CHAPTER TEN: REMEMBER, PROFESSORS ARE THE ONES NOBODY WANTED TO DANCE WITH; Bibliography; index.…”
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Cardinal men and scarlet women : a colorful etymology of words that discriminate by Keessen, Jan, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…; CHAPTER TWO: CARDINAL MEN AND SCARLET WOMEN; CHAPTER THREE: THE LOCK AND LOAD JESUS; CHAPTER FOUR: FAIRY TALES AND FAMILY VALUES; CHAPTER FIVE: VAMPS, BUNNY BOILERS, & AMAZON WOMEN WARRIORS; CHAPTER SIX: WOLF WHISTLES; CHAPTER SEVEN: MAROON, THE OTHER COLOR: IN THE RACE OF CASTE AND CLASS; CHAPTER EIGHT: FROM HAGS TO BITCHES; CHAPTER NINE: A WOMB WITH A VIEW; CHAPTER TEN: REMEMBER, PROFESSORS ARE THE ONES NOBODY WANTED TO DANCE WITH; Bibliography; index.…”
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Judicial review and the constitution

Table of Contents: “…; 2. Of Fig Leaves and Fairy Tales: The Ultra Vires Doctrine, the Sovereignty of Parliament and Judicial Review; 3. …”
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Holocaust mothers & daughters : family, history, and trauma by Clementi, Federica K.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Shulamit Reinharz -- Introduction : Remember What Amalek Did to You -- Edith Bruck's Dead Letters -- Lupus in Fabula : The End of the Fairy Tale in Ruth Klüger's Mother-Daughter Shoah Plot -- Auto Da Fé : Sarah Kofman's Totemic Memoir -- Material Mothers : Milena Roth and the Kindertransport's Legacy, Objets de Mémoire -- From the Third Diaspora : Helena Janeczek and the Shoah Second Generation's Disorders -- "I Have to Save Myself with a Joke" : Anne Frank and the Survival of Humor -- Epilogue : Remember What Zeus Did to You.…”
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Holocaust mothers & daughters : family, history, and trauma by Clementi, Federica K.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / Shulamit Reinharz -- Introduction : Remember What Amalek Did to You -- Edith Bruck's Dead Letters -- Lupus in Fabula : The End of the Fairy Tale in Ruth Klüger's Mother-Daughter Shoah Plot -- Auto Da Fé : Sarah Kofman's Totemic Memoir -- Material Mothers : Milena Roth and the Kindertransport's Legacy, Objets de Mémoire -- From the Third Diaspora : Helena Janeczek and the Shoah Second Generation's Disorders -- "I Have to Save Myself with a Joke" : Anne Frank and the Survival of Humor -- Epilogue : Remember What Zeus Did to You.…”
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Children forsaken : child abuse from ancient to modern times by Walker, Steven, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Disclaimer -- Dedication -- Praise for this book -- Contents -- Meet the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Child abuse in ancient times -- Chapter 2 Fairy tales, folklore and religion -- Chapter 3 Defining child abuse -- Chapter 4 Revealing child abuse -- Chapter 5 Children as labour -- Chapter 6 Child sexual abuse becomes public -- Chapter 7 The contemporary picture -- Chapter 8 Changing perceptions of children -- Chapter 9 Children's rights and parent support -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The place of Lewis Carroll in children's literature by Susina, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One "Respiciendo prudens": Lewis Carroll's Juvenilia; Chapter Two Lewis Carroll and the Literary Fairy Tale; Chapter Three The Play of Letters in Lewis Carroll's Alice Books: Ravens and Writing-Desks; Chapter Four Multiple Wonderlands: Lewis Carroll and the Creation of the Alice Industry; Chapter Five Imitations of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Anxiety of Influence; Chapter Six Too Gaudy or Not Gaudy Enough: Lewis Carroll's The Nursery "Alice."…”
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Writing and reading across the curriculum by Behrens, Laurence

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Neulektnren - New Readings : Festschrift fnr Gerd Labroisse zum 80. Geburtstag.

Table of Contents: “…Angst- und Ordnungsphantasien in der Erzhlung Das Schdliche von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach; The Fairy Tale Jew; Narratologische und denotative Prfigurationen des Semantischen. …”
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Through the reading glass : women, books, and sex in the French Enlightenment by Diaconoff, Suellen

Table of Contents: “…Female readers and l'espace du livre: a quiet revolution -- Autobiography and rereading: Manon Roland, 1754-1793 -- Romance as transformative reading: F©♭licit©♭ de Genlis, 1746-1805 -- Project of desire: constructing reader and readings: Isabelle de Charri©·re, 1740-1805 -- Reading rape in the culture wars of the eighteenth century: Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni, 1713-1792 -- Books, sex, and reading in the fairy tale: Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, 1685-1755, Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont, 1711-1780 -- Periodical print press for women: an enlightenment forum for females.…”
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Death and fantasy : essays on Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald and R.L. Stevenson by Gray, William, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Hyde : Robert Louis Stevenson and George MacDonald -- The incomplete fairy tales of Robert Louis Stevenson -- Death, myth and reality in C.S. …”
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Multiple choices. Volume 2, Picture perfect

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Advertising for people who don't like advertising

Table of Contents: “…Hello -- Fairy tales for the trend spotters -- Why now -- A brief history of selling stuff (according to KesselsKramer) -- KesselsKramer (a guide for those who've never heard of us) -- Death to a bunch of other people -- The triumph of small -- Small is human -- KesselsKramer is wrong -- KK outlet -- Liberation through DIY -- Interview with Erik Kessels -- Advertising from the outside : interview with Stefan Sagmeister -- Alex Bogusky's remora on the underbelly of capitalism -- Anthony Burrill in pictures -- Hans Aarsman's history of the present -- Mark Fenske on teaching advertising like Aristotle -- Where did all the rebels go? …”
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The Literary Representation of World War II Childhood : Interrogating the Concept of Hospitality. by Honan, Mary

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A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul. by MacDonald, George

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How welfare states care : culture, gender and parenting in Europe by Kremer, Monique

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Working women and the question of care and culture in Europe -- Cinderella and Snow White are fairy tales : linking care and citizenship -- Policy or culture? …”
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Jung and Moreno. by Stephenson, Craig E.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Theatre or therapy: A historical account; 3 Psychodrama grounded in the perspective of analytical psychology; 4 Jungian psychodrama; 5 The drum time of psychodrama: Reflections on a Jungian psychodrama group; 6 Jung, Moreno and dream enactment; 7 Fairy tale drama: Enacting rituals of play, laughter and tears; 8 Using psychodrama in analysis; 9 Psychodrama and the resolution of the transference and counter-transference.…”
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Humble theory : folklore's grasp on social life by Noyes, Dorothy

Table of Contents: “…: Brazil in Berlin -- Fairy-tale economics : scarcity, risk, choice -- On sociocultural categories -- The judgment of Solomon : global protections for tradition and the problem of community ownership -- Heritage, legacy, zombie : how to bury the undead past -- Compromised concepts in rising waters : making the folk resilient.…”
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The romance of transgression in Canada : queering sexualities, nations, cinemas by Waugh, Thomas, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Ten episodes -- How to queer sexualities, nations, and cinemas, or The romance (and paradoxes) of transgression in Canada -- Monkey on the back : Canadian cinema, conflicted masculinities, and queer silences in Canada's cold war -- Sexual revolution, Canadian cinema, and other queer paradoxes -- Fairy tales of two cities, or queer nation(s)/urban cinema(s) -- Passages : going to town, coming of age -- Forbidden love, or queering the National Film Board of Canada -- Boys and the beast -- Sex, money and sobriety -- Anti-retroviral : "a test of who we are" -- Conclusion : of bodies, shame, and desire -- Part 2. …”
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The romance of transgression in Canada : queering sexualities, nations, cinemas by Waugh, Thomas, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Ten episodes -- How to queer sexualities, nations, and cinemas, or The romance (and paradoxes) of transgression in Canada -- Monkey on the back : Canadian cinema, conflicted masculinities, and queer silences in Canada's cold war -- Sexual revolution, Canadian cinema, and other queer paradoxes -- Fairy tales of two cities, or queer nation(s)/urban cinema(s) -- Passages : going to town, coming of age -- Forbidden love, or queering the National Film Board of Canada -- Boys and the beast -- Sex, money and sobriety -- Anti-retroviral : "a test of who we are" -- Conclusion : of bodies, shame, and desire -- Part 2. …”
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Bringing history to life through film : the art of cinematic storytelling

Table of Contents: “…Historical Film Reception: Mediated Legends / Vincent Bisson -- pt. IV Myths and Fairy Tales.…”
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Skeleton flower

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The pleasant nights. Volume 1 by Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1480-1557?

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Narratives in Popular Culture, Media, and Everyday Life. by Berger, Dr. Arthur Asa Asa

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- The Nature of Narratives; Chapter 2 -- Theorists of Narrativity; Chapter 3 -- Narrative Techniques and Authorial Devices; Chapter 4 -- A Glossary of Terms Relating to Narrative Texts; Chapter 5 -- Dreams: A Freudian Perspective; Chapter 6 -- Fairy Tales; Chapter 7 -- The Comics; Chapter 8 -- The Macintosh "1984" Television Commercial: A Study in Television Narrativity; Chapter 9 -- The Popular Culture Novel; Chapter 10 -- Radio Narratives: A Case Study of the War of the Worlds Script; Chapter 11 -- Film Narratives.…”
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Ohio Outback : Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp. by Smith, Claude Clayton

Table of Contents: “…Yard Wars of the Ohio Outback: Dog DazeYard Wars of the Ohio Outback: Fairy Tales -- The Way to Winesburg -- Yard Wars of the Ohio Outback: Squirrel Wars, the Video -- Ohio Ringside: A Requiem for Boxing in the Buckeye State -- Yard Wars of the Ohio Outback: Capitulation…”
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Classroom Tales : Using Storytelling to Build Emotional, Social and Academic Skills across the Primary Curriculum. by Eades, Jennifer M. Fox

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Fiction, crime, and the feminine

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Bilbo's journey : discovering the hidden meaning of The hobbit by Pearce, Joseph, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…FRONT COVER -- HALFTITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER 1 BILBO'S PILGRIMAGE -- CHAPTER 2 AN UNEXPECTED PARTING -- CHAPTER 3 TRUSTING IN "LUCK" -- CHAPTER 4 THE CLEVERNESS OF ORCS -- CHAPTER 5 GOLLUM AND THE RING -- CHAPTER 6 BILBO COMES OF AGE -- CHAPTER 7 THE RETURN OF THE KING -- CHAPTER 8 ABOVE ALL SHADOWS RIDES THE SUN -- CHAPTER 9 DRAGON SICKNESS -- CHAPTER 10 DRAGON PRIDE PRECEDETH A FALL -- CHAPTER 11 BILBO THE PEACEMAKER -- CHAPTER 12 BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT -- APPENDIX A TOLKIEN AND THE TRUTH OF FAIRY TALES -- APPENDIX B WISDOM IN WONDERLAND -- NOTES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.…”
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Myths about rock art by Bednarik, Robert G.

Table of Contents: “…A Little Epistemology: Introduction; Epistemology of archaeology; Setting the scene; Animals and Pareidolia: Tales of dragons; Identifying zoomorphs; Archaeological Folklores about Dating: The bulls and horses of Iberia; The Palaeolithic obsession; Myths about rock art age; Archaeological excavation; Axiomatic Confusions: Misidentification of non-anthropic rock markings; 'Explanations' of cupules; Other mistaken interpretations; The Venus figurines; Sensationalist Myths and Fringe Legends: Sensationalist claims; The writing on the wall; Seeing things: pareidolia; Reaching for stars and gods; The importance of being Palaeolithic; Rock Art Fairy Tales: About shamanism and rock art ; Myths about mythologies ; Neuropathologies and rock art ; Sinister myths about rock art; Generic Issues: Effects of fakes, misconceptions and falsities; Neuroscience and 'identifications' in rock art interpretation; The myths are here to stay; Conclusion.…”
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Acquiring lingua franca of the modern time : current issues and strategies in ESL studies

Table of Contents: “…Mapping ESL in modern multicultural education: Current streams in the field / Elena Polyudova -- New perspectives for global education and language immersion class / Marialuisa Di Stefano -- The co-construction of a new meta-language: Pedagogical implications for explicit grammar instructions to novice ESL students / Ryan Goble and Christine Sanzaro -- Studying popular songs as a strategy to overcome ESL students' performance anxiety / Elena Polyudova -- The study of stylistic peculiarities of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales in the process of learning English by Russian students / Olga Stukalova -- Appendix I: Written interviews for a volume "ESL in Modern Multicultural Education" -- Appendix II: ESL professional organizations.…”
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Wagner Beyond Good and Evil : Beyond Good and Evil. by Deathridge, John

Table of Contents: “…Der Ring Des Nibelungen; 4. Fairy Tale, Revolution, Prophecy; 5. Symphonic Mastery or Moral Anarchy?…”
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Neo-feminist cinema : girly films, chick flicks and consumer culture by Radner, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : reassessing feminism and popular culture -- Neo-feminism and the rise of the single girl -- Pretty woman (1990) and the girly film : defining the format -- Romy and Michele's high school reunion (1997) : female friendship in the girly film -- Legally blonde (2001) : "a pink girl in a brown world" -- Jennifer Lopez : neo-feminism and the crossover star -- Maid in manhattan (2003) : a new fairy tale -- Hit movies for "femmes" -- The devil wears Prada (2006) : the fashion film -- Sex and the city : the movie (2008) : the female event film -- Something's gotta give (2003) : Nancy Meyers, neo-feminist auteur -- Conclusion : post-feminism and neo-feminism.…”
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Audrey Hepburn

Table of Contents: “…FrontCover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Audrey Hepburn: Fashion, Fairy Tales and Transformation; Audrey Is a Hep Cat Now; Why is Hepburn so 'Audrey'?…”
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Medea : Myth and Unconscious Fantasy. by Roos, Esa

Table of Contents: “…COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE On the Medea fantasy; CHAPTER TWO The ever present tragedy of Medea: women's attack on their own creativity; CHAPTER THREE The age-old myth of Medea and the Medea of Lars von Trier: the story of a woman's love and compassion rejected; CHAPTER FOUR Medea: maternal ambivalence; CHAPTER FIVE Female destructiveness in fairy tales and myths; CHAPTER SIX Sister fantasy and sisterly love.…”
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Reimagining Your Love Story : Biblical and Psychological Practices for Healthy Relationships. by Gurney, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Fairy-Tale Dream; Part One: What's Your Once upon a Time?…”
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Heroes, heroines, and everything in between : challenging gender and sexuality stereotypes in children's entertainment media

Table of Contents: “…: re-inventing the Disney fairy tale in Frozen / Heike Steinhoff -- A computer boy or a computer girl?…”
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