ENGLISH

The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales

By Maria Tatar

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1987
ISBN
9780691114699, 0691114692
Open Library ID
OL22124490M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2714130 bytes)
Edition
Revised
Pages
302\302
Topic
Linguistics
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 13:07:30

Description

Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This updated and expanded second edition includes a new preface and an appendix containing new translations of six tales, along with commentary by Maria Tatar. Throughout the book, Tatar skillfully employs the tools not only of a psychoanalyst but also of a folklorist, literary critic, and historian to examine the harsher aspects of these stories. She presents new interpretations of the powerful stories in this worldwide best-selling book. Few studies have been written in English on these tales, and none has probed their allegedly happy endings so thoroughly.

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