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Craving Supernatural Creatures : German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture.

Schwabe, Claudia.

Craving Supernatural Creatures : German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (345 pages) - Series in Fairy-Tale Studies . - Series in Fairy-Tale Studies .

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reimagining Uncanny Fairy-Tale Creatures: Automatons, Golems, and Doppelgangers -- Chapter 2. Evil Queens and Witches: Mischievous Villains or Misunderstood Victims? -- Chapter 3. Taming the Monstrous Other: Representations of the Rehabilitated Big Bad Beast in American Media -- Chapter 4. Dwarfs, Diversity, and Deformation: From Fairy-Tale Imps to Rumpelstiltskin Reloaded -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Analyzes the portrayal of German fairy-tale figures in contemporary North American media adaptations.

9780814341971


Folklore in popular culture.


Electronic books.

GR41.7 .S393 2019

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