The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of the Little Mermaid

by Lucy Fraser

Analysis of the mermaid in Japanese and English fairy tales through the framework of pleasure.

Lucy Fraser's The Pleasures of Metamorphosis: Japanese and English Fairy Tale Transformations of "The Little Mermaid "explores Japanese and English transformations of Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 Danish fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" by focusing on pleasure as a means to analyze the huge variety of texts that transform a canonical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814342442
• ISBN13: 9780814342442
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 816 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"