The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales : : Expanded Edition / / Maria Tatar.
Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this groundbreaking and intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Nursery and Household Tales. This expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix featuring translations of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Classics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 18 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE TO THE PRINCE TON CLASSICS EDITION
- PREFACE (2003)
- PREFACE
- 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 & HOUSEHOLD TALES, with Commentary
- B. Selected Tales from the First Edition of the Nursery & Household Tales
- C. Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of the Nursery & household tales
- D. English Titles, Tale Numbers, and German Titles of Stories Cited
- E. Bibliographical Note
- NOTES
- GENERAL INDEX
- INDEX OF TALES