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Workers' Tales - Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain (Paperback)
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Workers' Tales - Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain (Paperback)
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A collection of political tales-first published in British workers'
magazines-selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author
Michael Rosen In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries,
unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms appeared
frequently in socialist-leaning British periodicals, such as the
Clarion, Labour Leader, and Social Democrat. Based on familiar
genres-the fairy tale, fable, allegory, parable, and moral tale-and
penned by a range of lesser-known and celebrated authors, including
Schalom Asch, Charles Allen Clarke, Frederick James Gould, and
William Morris, these stories were meant to entertain readers of
all ages-and some challenged the conventional values promoted in
children's literature for the middle class. In Workers' Tales,
acclaimed critic and author Michael Rosen brings together more than
forty of the best and most enduring examples of these stories in
one beautiful volume. Throughout, the tales in this collection
exemplify themes and ideas related to work and the class system,
sometimes in wish-fulfilling ways. In "Tom Hickathrift," a little,
poor person gets the better of a gigantic, wealthy one. In "The Man
Without a Heart," a man learns about the value of basic labor after
testing out more privileged lives. And in "The Political Economist
and the Flowers," two contrasting gardeners highlight the cold
heart of Darwinian competition. Rosen's informative introduction
describes how such tales advocated for contemporary progressive
causes and countered the dominant celebration of Britain's imperial
values. The book includes archival illustrations, biographical
notes about the writers, and details about the periodicals where
the tales first appeared. Provocative and enlightening, Workers'
Tales presents voices of resistance that are more relevant than
ever before.
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