Metamorphosis : The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales

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by Francisco Vaz da Silva

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series International Folkloristics

ISBN-10 0820458082

ISBN-13 9780820458083

Edition New

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 4th, 2002

Print length 278 Pages

Weight 432 grams

Dimensions 17.10 x 24.70 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: Religion & beliefs Cultural studies Folklore, myths & legends

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Folklorists have become renowned for concentrating on aspects of form and classification to the detriment of content and meaning. Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales seeks to reverse this tendency in showing, through an examination of the folkloric data, that European fairy tales involve complex symbolism. This book seeks to explain – in reference to the notion of metamorphosis – the puzzling contradictory attributes of fairy-tale figures that have discouraged the study of meanings in this field and proposes that the workings of metamorphosis in fairy tales reveal a pervasive cyclic ontology that underlies mythology and ritual. The issue of universal symbolism is again examined – divested from any «archetypal» generalizations – as a subject of worthy reflection.

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