Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1990

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Coyle, William

Abstract

During the Victorian period in England the literary fairy tale became popular. These tales are different from traditional fairy tales because they deal with the social problems of the times. Written to entertain and stir the imagination of both adults and children, they nevertheless, had a strong moral and didactic purpose. The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin reflects the didacticism of his later works, Stones of Venice and Unto This Last. William Makepeace Thackeray's The Rose and the Ring teaches manners as the Victorians saw them. The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens deals with the poverty of the working class. The protagonists in each tale must follow the strict Victorian Evangelical Code of hard work and self-denial before they are worthy to be rewarded.

Extent

69 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1990.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT14602

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