Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales : Expanded Second Edition -- Paperback / softback (2 Revised)

Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales : Expanded Second Edition -- Paperback / softback (2 Revised)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 368 p., 18 halftones
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780691114699
  • DDC分類 398.210943

基本説明

This second expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix containing new translations of six tales, along with commentary by Maria Tatar.

Full 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 this 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.