How ‘the Old Stories Persist’: Folklore in Literature after Postmodernism

As twenty-first-century fiction constructs its identity, it must negotiate the inheritance of postmodernism. This article examines a particular strand of postmodernism’s legacy: that of the fairy tale reworkings which were so popular and so influential with writers considered postmodern. I will exam...

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Main Author: Sara Helen Binney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-04-01
Series:C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings
Online Access:https://c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/531/