The complex of reminiscences in Kate Bernheimer’s novel “The Complete Tales of Merry Gold”
... novel of the Gold sisters trilogy, “The Complete Tales of Merry Gold”, by contemporary American writer Kate Bernheimer. The methodological framework of the study is based on motif and intertextual analysis. The novel contains a complex system of fairy-tale reminiscences. Recurrent plots of fairy-tale pretexts associated with the water element, as well as images of mythological and fairy-tale characters (selkies, “The Water Nixie” from the collection of the Brothers Grimm, “The Little Mermaid” by ...
