Fairy Tales and the Shift in Identity Poetics from Modernism to Postmodernism

Download or read book Fairy Tales and the Shift in Identity Poetics from Modernism to Postmodernism written by Ana-Maria Baciu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reveals the historical change in the function of the generic form of the fairy tale: at the beginning of the twentieth century, fairy tales are no longer written or read for their stimulus to the imagination or their nostalgia towards past times, but with a political end in view: to define a nation’s identity meant to justify and support claims to a unitary state (Romania) or an independent state (Ireland). As such, this book investigates the interweave of poetics and politics at the time of the rise of modernist nationalism at the margins of Europe.