Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales by Mark Lipovetsky, Helena Goscilo, Marina Balina

Politicizing Magic: An Anthology of Russian and Soviet Fairy Tales

Mark Lipovetsky, Helena Goscilo, Marina Balina

432 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

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A compendium of folkloric, literary, and critical texts that show how the Russian fairy tale acquired political and historical meanings during the Soviet era We were born to make fairy tales come true. As one of Stalinism's more memorable slogans,...

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