The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales

The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780691182995
ISBN-13 : 069118299X
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Book Synopsis The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales by : Maria Tatar

Download or read book The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales written by Maria Tatar and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. Children's literature? -- 1. Sex and violence : the hard core of fairy tales -- 2. Fact and fantasy : the art of reading fairy tales -- 3. Victims and seekers : the family romance of fairy tales -- II. Heroes -- 4. Born yesterday : The spear side -- 5. Spinning tales : the distaff side -- III. Villains -- 6. From nags to witches : stepmothers and other ogres -- 7. Taming the beast : Bluebeard and other monsters -- Epilogue : getting even -- Appendixes -- A. Six fairy tales from the Nursery and household tales, with commentary -- B. Selected tales from the first edition of the Nursery and household tales -- C. Prefaces to the first and second editions of the Nursery and household tales -- D. English titles, tale numbers, and German titles of stories cited -- E. Bibliographical note.


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