La féerie est un long fleuve tranquille Les mutations du merveilleux des frères Grimm à Walt Disney

This article explores the history of the modern fairyland and its ­contemporary evolution. In the twentieth century, the juvenile fantastic enters the age of media art and the logic of spectacular entertainment where the Brothers Grimm themselves become fictional heroes. Even if we are witnessing a form of dilution of the literary regime, the practice of reimagining in force in Hollywood today, however, shows the imprint left by the romantic fantastic on mass ­culture.