{"product_id":"preserving-the-spell-9780226242965","title":"Preserving the Spell","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarrying his story into the twentieth century, the author mounts an argument for freeing fairy tales from their bland contemporary forms, and reinvigorating your belief that we still can find new, powerfully transformative ways of telling these stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderfully original work. Maggi's analysis is erudite but adventurous, and he is an exacting, inquisitive, and often brilliant reader. He combines and links the macroscopic-the consideration of major questions in literary and cultural history-and the microscopic-extended close readings-in exemplary fashion. This is a book about fairy tales, but it is also an extended reflection on the fundamental human activity of narration itself-why and how we tell tales and how these tales transform over time.\" (Nancy L. Canepa, Dartmouth College)","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399970267479,"sku":"9780226242965","price":45.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226242965.jpg?v=1730469308","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/preserving-the-spell-9780226242965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}