When Dreams Came True

Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition

Jack Zipes

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780415921510
• eBook ISBN: 9781135266196
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Literature

For centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories become so powerful and why? Until now we have lacked a social history of the fairy tale to frame our understanding of the role it plays in our lives. With the publication of When Dreams Came True, Jack Zipes fills this gap and shifts his focus to the social and historical roots of the classical tales. With coverage of the most significant writers and their works in Europe and North America from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, When Dreams Came True is another important contribution by the master of fairy tales. From the French Charles Perrault to the American L. Frank Baum and the German Hermann Hesse, Zipes explores the way in which particular authors used the genre of the fairy tale to articulate their personal desires, political views and aesthetic preferences in their particular social context. At the core of this magical tour through the history of the fairy tale is Zipes' desire to elucidate the role that the fairy tale has assumed in the civilizing process--the way it imparts values, norms and aesthetic taste to children and adults. His journey takes us to the familiar and the exotic in the great classical tales by Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen and in such fascinating works as Pinocchio, The Thousand and One Nights, The Happy Prince and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Throughout, Zipes reveals the historical dimensions of the tales and demonstrates their continuing relevance in our lives today.

Index

A

A Barnstormer in Oz, (Farmer), 209

A Bicycle of Cathay, (Stockton), 192

“A Chinese Fairy Tale,” (Housman), 162

“A Christmas Tree,” (Dickens), 155

Addison, Joseph, influence of The Thousand and One Nights on, 64

“A Dream about the Gods,” (Hesse), 243, 252

“A Dream Sequence,” (Hesse), 253

Adult fairy tales, modern, 26

Agnete and the Merman, (Andersen), 113

A House of Pomegranates, (Wilde), 162, 170

themes of, 172–173

Aiazzi, Giuseppe, 176

“Aladdin,” (Galland), 54

Aladdin motif, 112

Alberi, Eugenio, 177

Alf laylah wa-laylah (A Thousand and One Nights), 56

“Ali Baba,” (Galland), 54

“Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,” (Carroll), 22

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, (Carroll), 155

Alienation, themes of in 19th century fairy tales, 21

“All My Doing,” (Childe-Pemberton), 161

America

fairy tale authors (See Baum, L. Frank; Stockton, Frank; specific authors)

magic fairy tales in the nineteenth century, 79

popularity of The Nutcracker ballet in, 86

American Fairy Tales, (Baum), 22, 200

Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland, (Wilde, S.), 169

Ancient Cures, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions, (Wilde, S.), 169

Ancient German Law, (Grimm, Jacob), 70

Andersdatter, Anne Marie, 110

Andersen, Hans, 110

Andersen, Hans Christian, 20, 28, 51 225, 253

adaptation of folklore by, 121–122

Agnete and the Merman, 113

anthropomorphization of animals and nature in tales of, 124

To Be or Not to Be, 118

biographical information, 110–112

“Clod Hans,” 118, 133

critical analysis of tales, 126–142

E.T.A. Hoffmann's influence on, 99

evangelical and religious tales of, 123–124

“Everything in Its Proper Place,” 125

The Fairy Tale of My Life, 127

Fairy Tales Told for Children, 115

“Father's Always Right,” 118

“Holger the Dane,” 125

humanization of toys and objects in tales of, 124–125

“Ib and Little Christine,” 123, 133

ideological compromise, 135–137

imitation of German Romantics by, 128

interpretation of fairy tales o...

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface to the 2007 Edition
• Preface to the 1999 Edition
• Contents
• one SPELLS OF ENCHANTMENT: AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF FAIRY TALES
• two THE RISE OF THE FRENCH FAIRY TALE AND THE DECLINE OF FRANCE
• three THE SPLENDOR OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
• four ONCE THERE WERE TWO BROTHERS NAMED GRIMM
• five THE “MERRY” DANCE OF THE NUTCRACKER: DISCOVERING THE WORLD THROUGH FAIRY TALES
• six I'M HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
• seven THE FLOWERING OF THE FAIRY TALE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
• eight OSCAR WILDE'S TALES OF ILLUMINATION
• nine CARLO COLLODI'S PINOCCHIO AS TRAGIC-COMIC FAIRY TALE
• ten FRANK STOCKTON, AMERICAN PIONEER OF FAIRY TALES
• eleven L. FRANK BAUM AND THE UTOPIAN SPIRIT OF Oz
• twelve REVISITING J. M. BARRIE'S PETER AND WENDY AND NEVERLAND
• thirteen HERMANN HESSE'S FAIRY TALES AND THE PURSUIT OF HOME
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX