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 s

Pinocchio, a puppet with a talent for getting into trouble, wants to become a real boy, but he must earn that by learning to be good.

While Carlo Collodi's internationally revered Pinocchio may not have been the single source of the modernist fascination with puppets and marionettes, the book'

An investigation of identity formation in children's literature, this book brings together children’s literature and recent critical concerns with posthuman i

The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films offers readers a long overdue, comprehensive look at the rich history of fairy tales and their inf