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  • noun Plural form of retelling.

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Examples

  • And it also does something I love in retellings of old tales, something I think Neil is excellent at: it explores the emotions, the motivations and the inner lives of the characters.

    Beowulf - the movie 2007

  • And it also does something I love in retellings of old tales, something I think Neil is excellent at: it explores the emotions, the motivations and the inner lives of the characters.

    Archive 2007-12-01 2007

  • One could put this call under "retellings", similar to my blog entry about making the familiar fresh but with some of the less popular myths, one could debate familiarity.

    Call For Submissions: Alternative Alamat 2010

  • One could put this call under "retellings", similar to my blog entry about making the familiar fresh but with some of the less popular myths, one could debate familiarity.

    Archive 2010-04-01 2010

  • And of course, given my long and devoted love, I've come to several conclusions about what makes for the best kind of retellings, or indeed, what even constitutes a "retelling" as opposed to an "adaptation" or a "reboot."

    Diana Peterfreund Diana 2010

  • And in the situation of a small tribal group that so strongly feels their stories are sacrosanct (even to the point that "retellings" and "references" are frowned upon) I'd be inclined simply to respect that and avoid those legends whether I thought they had a valid moral or legal claim or not.

    Storytellersunplugged Steve Tem 2008

  • These "retellings" are to the Grimms what Cliffs Notes are to Shakespeare.)

    Becoming Little Red Riding Hood Glenn H. Miller 2008

  • This grim tale has lent itself well to retellings across the years, in German pamphlets, broadsides, plays and, later, books and movies that were not necessarily anti-Semitic.

    Bigotry at the Box Office Alec Solomita 2011

  • But as proved by the retrospective of her photographs, sculptures and paintings now occupying the Whitney Museum's third floor, her entire parsimonious output of roughly 35 works over the last 30 years has been devoted to elegant retellings of this same dumb joke.

    Duchamp Redux Richard B. Woodward 2011

  • Even Al Gore, in his book "Earth in the Balance," quotes the whole speech, though he nods toward the controversy by suggesting—rather limply—that "the power of his response has survived numerous translations and retellings."

    Houdini, Crop Circles and the Need to Believe Matt Ridley 2011

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