Metamorphosis: The Dynamics of Symbolism in European Fairy Tales

by Francisco Vaz da Silva

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820458082
• ISBN13: 9780820458083
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"