Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A new account or an adaptation of a story.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
retell . - noun A second or subsequent
telling .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Examples
-
A Rumplestiltskin retelling set when English cloth mills were changing substantially.
-
A Rumplestiltskin retelling set when English cloth mills were changing substantially.
-
I think the children and others such and I will engage in retelling the story of Frodo and Sam.
-
The ancient Roman architectural writer Vitruvius could be, at times, a bit of a gloomy Gus -- or Augustus -- whose back-to-basics canons don't always match up with the occasional, agreeable messiness of later Roman classicism, but in retelling this story he did have a point.
-
For me, the quintessential cinematic take on Treasure Island will always be, naturally, Muppet Treasure Island; any other retelling is extraneous.
-
The series premiere and last weeks episode were a retelling from the webseries.
-
Changes and shifts in its retelling is part of its very nature.
-
Changes and shifts in its retelling is part of its very nature.
-
Another The Six Swan's retelling is Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest, which is fabulous and makes the story Celtic.
-
Another The Six Swan's retelling is Juliet Marillier's Daughter of the Forest, which is fabulous and makes the story Celtic.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.