Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. The Folkloresque
5. Introduction 3
6. Integration
7. Introduction 37
8. The Folkloresque Circle 41
9. Folklore, Intertextuality, and the Folkloresque in the Works of Neil Gaiman 64
10. Pixies’ Progress 81
11. Comics as Folklore 104
12. Portrayal
13. Introduction 123
14. A Deadly Discipline 125
15. They Say Éamon Kelly was Ireland’s Greatest Storyteller 144
16. “New-Minted from the Brothers Grimm” 163
17. Parody
18. Introduction 175
19. Giving the “Big Ten” a Whole New Meaning 179
20. “The Joke’s on Us” 205
21. The Fairy-telling Craft of Princess Tutu 221
22. Science and the Monsterological Imagination 241
23. About the Authors 255
24. Index 257