Pinocchio Goes Postmodern: Perils of a Puppet in the United States

Contents (from library records and Amazon views) Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments [xi-xii] Introduction [xiii-xviii] 1. Pinocchio's World and the Search for the Just Community 2. How Pinocchio Came to America Poor and Friendless, Was Beset by Rogues and Villains, Yet Persevered Steadfastly, and by Luck and Pluck Made a Name for Himself: 1892–1919 3. Pinocchio's Good Fortune Proceeds Apace, and His Adventures Are Known and Celebrated Throughout All the Land: 1920–1929 4. At the Height of Pinocchio's Renown, Change Intrudes, Pretenders Emerge, and Impostors Seize His Identity: 1930–1940 5. The Ascension of False Princes: How Pinocchio Is Besieged, Embattled, Displaced, and Cast Down, Remembered in Exile by Only a Few, 1940–2000 6. Pinocchio Perverted, Pinocchio Preserved: Four Early Continuations of the Puppet's Tale 7. Pinocchio Goes Postmodern—and Adult 8. W(h)ither Pinocchio? Notes [205-30] Bibliography [231-46] Index [247-57]

• 1st ed.
• Library records (below) report but do not credit illustrations. Probably those are reproduced from multiple editions of the novel. The cover illustration is from the 1904 Ginn edition.
• As of 2018-02-11, Amazon provides "Look inside" both 2002 hardcover and 2008 trade paperback formats, with different selections that may also vary in time. That from 2008 now includes the back cover, which shows information about the author (2) and credits the front illustration. Amazon US also shows: -- "Buy New: $150.00" -- Children's Literature and Culture (Book 20)
• Not found 2018-02-11 in automated search of 2002/2003 newspapers.