"Post Modern Fairy Tales" in Contemporary Children's Literature

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Cynthia Anne Cox

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Publishers of children's literature have shown a renewed interest in fairy tales over the past several years, and especially noteworthy are recent releases which wreak conspicuous—and comic—variations on familiar characters and themes. In their playful experiments with the traditional form and content of Märchen, the authors of these highly artistic books reference and re-envision well-known folk narratives as their titles should indicate: The Frog Prince Continued, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Cinderella: The Untold Story, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.

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