Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira

Şebnem Toplu

doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1317140

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Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira

Abstract

Edited by Alexandra Cheira, Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt is composed of seven essays penned by different distinguished Byatt scholars focusing on Byatt’s wonder tales covering both the single and the embedded ones. Cheira elucidates that the choice of the term “wonder tale” to “fairy tale” is based on Marina Warner’s assertion that the fairy entities are absent in this type of tales, instead there is the presence of wondrous elements (xv). The introduction of the book delineates that Byatt’s wonder tales within her fiction as an exclusive critical study has been a highly neglected research area despite several excellent monographs covering her entire fiction in that Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt solely focuses on her wonder tales. Moreover, as Cheira asserts the book also scrutinizes Byatt’s claim that wonder tales are “modern literary stories” and that they consciously play with “postmodern creation and recreation of old forms.”

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Literary Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Book Review

Authors

Şebnem Toplu ^*
Türkiye

Early Pub Date

June 29, 2023

Publication Date

June 30, 2023

Submission Date

May 14, 2023

Acceptance Date

June 1, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 17 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1317140

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https://izlik.org/JA48LD22PW

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Toplu, Ş. (2023). Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 17(1), 142-144. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1317140

AMA

1.Toplu Ş. Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira. CUJHSS. 2023;17(1):142-144. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1317140

Chicago

Toplu, Şebnem. 2023. “Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. By Alexandra Cheira”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 17 (1): 142-44. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1317140.

EndNote

Toplu Ş (June 1, 2023) Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 17 1 142–144.

IEEE

[1]Ş. Toplu, “Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira”, CUJHSS, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 142–144, June 2023, doi: 10.47777/cankujhss.1317140.

ISNAD

Toplu, Şebnem. “Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. By Alexandra Cheira”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 17/1 (June 1, 2023): 142-144. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1317140.

JAMA

1.Toplu Ş. Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira. CUJHSS. 2023;17:142–144.

MLA

Toplu, Şebnem. “Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. By Alexandra Cheira”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 17, no. 1, June 2023, pp. 142-4, doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1317140.

Vancouver

1.Şebnem Toplu. Book Review: Wonder Tales in the Fiction of A. S. Byatt. Ed. by Alexandra Cheira. CUJHSS. 2023 Jun. 1;17(1):142-4. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1317140