Severed Limbs and Monstrous Appetites: (Re)Defining Fairy-Tale Horror from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
Severed Limbs and Monstrous Appetites: (Re)Defining Fairy-Tale Horror from the Seventeenth Century to the Present
A Special Issue of Literature (ISSN 2410-9789)
This Special Issue of Literature invites proposals for essays that investigate the subject of ‘fairy-tale horror’ in its various forms and iterations, from its educational function as a vehicle of rightful punishment in traditional fairy tales to the contemporary questioning of the boundaries between the genres of fairy tale and horror, in literature as well as in other media.
Please read the full Call for Papers and Manuscript Submission Information.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 30 November 2022.
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2023.
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