Across various time periods, audiences, aesthetics, and cultural
landscapes, Little Red Riding Hood is a universal icon, and her
story is one of the world's most retold tales. In Revisioning Red
Riding Hood Around the World: An Anthology of International
Retellings, Sandra L. Beckett presents over fifty notable modern
retellings, only two of which have appeared previously in English.
The tales include works published in twenty-four countries and
sixteen languages, in texts that span more than a century, but with
the majority written in the last fifty years. They include
retellings for children, adolescents, and adults, as well as
crossover works intended for an audience of all ages. The tales in
this volume progress from works that recast the story of Little Red
Riding Hood from traditional perspectives through more playful
versions to more unconventional approaches. Seven sections are
arranged thematically: Cautionary Tales for Modern Riding Hoods,
Contemporary Riding Hoods Come of Age, Playing with the Story of
Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, Rehabilitating the Wolf, The Wolf's
Story, The Wolf Within, and Running with the Wolves. Beckett
provides an interpretative introduction to each text and insightful
information on its author and/or illustrator. A variety of genres
are represented, including fairy tale, short story, novella, novel,
poetry, illustrated books, and picture books. More than 90
illustrations, both colour plates and black-and-white images,
reveal further narrative layers of meaning. The number and
diversity of retellings in Revisioning Red Riding Hood demonstrate
the tale's remarkable versatility and its exceptional status in the
collective unconscious and in literary culture, even beyond the
confines of the Western world. This unique anthology contributes to
cross-cultural exchange and facilitates comparative study of the
tale for readers interested in fairy-tale studies, cultural
studies, and literary history.
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