{"product_id":"tales-of-wonder-jack-zipes-9781517902599","title":"Tales of Wonder: Retelling Fairy Tales Through Picture Postcards","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most familiar fairy tales call to mind certain images: Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Snow White, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty. Yet these visions often merely reflect illustrations encountered in classic tellings of the tales. The postcards gathered here by one of the world's foremost scholars of folk and fairy tales tell another story--of the remarkable range of interpretations and reimaginings these tales have inspired, captured, and conveyed picture by picture in this singular form. A pictorial history of fairy-tale postcards from the late nineteenth century to the present, \u003ci\u003eTales of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e presents a fascinating look at how key scenes of fairy tales have been rendered over time, suggesting a rethinking and reliving of the tales through the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the author's collection of more than three thousand fairy-tale postcards from around the world, these five hundred beautiful illustrations reproduce oil paintings, watercolors, photographs, ink drawings, and silhouettes--all evincing the myriad ways popular artists and their audiences have reimagined these tales. After an introduction and general history of fairy tales in postcards, the book features Jack Zipes's own translations of the most classical fairy tales in Europe and the United States, including versions by Charles Perrault and by Brothers Grimm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fairy tale is not just once upon a time: it is, as fairy-tale postcard, a particular if not peculiar expression of a time, created by talented artists and innovative publishing companies.\u003ci\u003e Tales of Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e tells this intriguing history of the postcards as well as providing new perspectives on familiar stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Zipes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517902592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517902599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.10h x 12.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018 pg. 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018","brand":"Jack Zipes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44540576989439,"sku":"9781517902599","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0ba363f-369f-4ff2-a1ef-effbe9124bf9.jpg?v=1700588681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-of-wonder-jack-zipes-9781517902599","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}