Title
Grimm Pictures: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Eight Horror and Suspense Films
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Document Type
Book
Description/Summary
Though Grimm’s Fairy Tales was published about 200 years ago, the revered collection of folk stories remains one of the most iconic pieces of children’s literature and has had significant influence in modern pop culture. This work examines the many ways that recent films have employed archetypal images, themes, symbols, and structural elements that originated in the most well-known Grimm fairy tales. The author draws similarities between the cannibalistic symbolism of the Grimm brothers’ Little Red Cap and the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs and reveals Faustian parallels between Rumpelstiltskin and the 1968 film Rosemary’s Baby. Each of eight chapters reveals a similar pairing, and film stills and illustrations are featured throughout the work.
ISBN
9780786431748
Publication Date
2007
Publication Information
Rankin, Walter. Grimm Pictures: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Eight Horror and Suspense Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishers, 2007.
Recommended Citation
Rankin, Walter, "Grimm Pictures: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Eight Horror and Suspense Films" (2007). Modern Languages & Literature Faculty Book Gallery. 27.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/modernlanguagesandliterature-books/27
Comments
Copyright 2007 Walter Rankin. All rights reserved.