Marvels & Tales Volume 34, Number 1, Spring 2020
Marvels & Tales Volume 34, Number 1
Marvels & Tales is a peer-reviewed journal that is international and multidisciplinary in orientation. The journal publishes scholarly work dealing with the fairy tale in any of its diverse manifestations and contexts. Marvels & Tales provides a central forum for fairy-tale studies by scholars of literature, folklore, gender studies, children’s literature, social and cultural history, anthropology, film studies, ethnic studies, art and music history, and others.
Marvels & Tales Volume 34, Number 1 (Spring 2020)
Special Issue: The Two-Hundred-Year Legacy of E. T. A. Hoffmann—Transgressions of Fantastika
Guest editors: Christopher Owen and Amy Crawford
From the Editors
Artwork: 200 Years of the Nutcracker
Rileigh Young
Introduction to the Special Issue: The Two-Hundred-Year Legacy of E. T. A. Hoffmann—Transgressions of Fantastika
Christopher Owen and Amy Crawford
Articles
Artwork: Stahlbaum und Mausekönig
Katie Owen
Inventing Portal Fantasies: E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Maria Tatar
Artwork: Mouse King
Gary Dougherty
Candytown and the Land of Cockaigne: Gastronomic Utopia in The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and Other Children’s Literature
Sarah Hardstaff
Artwork: Journey to Candyland
Victoria Ayre
Artwork: The Mouse Queen
Heather Colbert
Orientalism in Kunstmärchen: E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Escape to the Mythical Realm Atlantis
Claudia Schwabe
Artwork: Nutcracker Nightmare
Jack Bateman
Choreographing Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker: A Creative Reflection
Kasper Cornish
Artwork: Godpapa Drosselmeier
Maria Mikhalskaya
Illustrating The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: A Practitioner’s Reflection
Maria Mikhalskaya
Artwork: The Nutcracker
Maria Mikhalskaya
Artwork: Marie Meets the Mouse King
Maria Mikhalskaya
Homage to Gianni Rodari
Celebrating the Unknown Famous Gianni Rodari
Jack Zipes
In the Name of Rodari
Pino Boero, translated by Cristina Bacchilega
Gianni Rodari’s Grammar of Fantasy: Between Education and Revolution
Elena Massi
“Pro e contro la fiaba” Fifty Years Later: Is Gianni Rodari’s Apologia Still Relevant Today?
Marnie Campagnaro
Reviews
Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance (Trans. and Ed. Sanjay Sircar. Foreword by Peter Hunt)
Jack Zipes
American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales: An Encyclopedia of American Folklore (Ed. Christopher R. Fee and Jeffrey B. Webb)
Eric César Morales
The Caribbean Story Finder: A Guide to 438 Tales from 24 Nations and Territories, Listing Subjects and Sources (Sharon Barcan Elswit)
Manon Hakem-Lemaire
The Bitter Life of Božena Nêmcová: A Biographical Collage (Kelcey Parker Ervick)
Abigail Heiniger
Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction (Marina Warner)
Manon Hakem-Lemaire
Scotland’s Forgotten Treasure: The Visionary Romances of George MacDonald (Colin Manlove)
Jill Terry Rudy
Tales from the Inner City (Shaun Tan)
Jack Zipes
Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World (Emily Stamey)
Mark I. West
Figure per Gianni Rodari / Illustrators for Gianni Rodari (Einaudi Ragazzi)
Cristina Bacchilega
Critical Exchanges
Contributors