Snow White (Barthelme novel)

This article is about 1967 novel by Donald Barthelme. For other uses, see Snow White (disambiguation).

Snow White

First edition
Author	Donald Barthelme
Cover artist	Lawrence Ratzkin
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy fiction Postmodernism
Publisher	Atheneum Books
Publication date	1967
Media type	Print
Pages	181
ISBN	978-0-684-82479-6

Snow White is a post-modernist novel by author Donald Barthelme published in 1967 by Atheneum Books. ^[1] The book inverts the fairy tale of the same name by highlighting the form by discussing the different expectations and compromises the characters make to survive in their world. This is done through Barthelme's fragmentary rhetoric and discourse, by shifting perspectives from the seven "dwarves" or Snow White herself, as well as the wicked step-mother, "Jane". ^[2] It was Barthelme's first novel, published seven years after he started having his short stories published in literary magazines and publications such as The New Yorker .

References

1. Montresor, Jaye Berman (1989). "Sanitization and its Discontents: Refuse and Refusal in Donald Barthelme's "Snow White"". Studies in American Humor. 7 (2): 74–84. JSTOR   42573293.
2. Fischer, Meredith (2016). "Snow White Wars: Adapting Animation in Donald Barthelme's "Snow White"". Literature/Film Quarterly. 44 (1): 34–47. JSTOR   43799045.