Pinocchio Goes Postmodern: Perils of a Puppet in the United States

by Thomas J. Morrissey, Richard Wunderlich, Thomas J. Morrissey

Book Overview

In the first full-length study in English of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, the authors show how the checkered history of the puppet illuminates social change from the pre World War One era to the present. The authors argue that most Americans know a trivialized, diluted version of the tale, one such source is Disney's perennial classic. The authors also discover that when adults are introduced to the 'real' story, they often deem it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415993245
• ISBN13: 9780415993241
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"