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Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2002-10-29
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780393051636
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-six classic fairy tales are supplemented by extensive literary, cultural, and historical commentary.
Author: Jacob Grimm
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780393058482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining 40 stories in new translations by Tatar this celebration of the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters.
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 039364331X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“I have used this textbook for four courses on children’s literature with enrollments of over ninety students. It is without doubt the most well organized selection of literary fairy tales and critical commentaries currently available. Students love it.” —Lita Barrie, California State University, Los Angeles This Norton Critical Edition includes: · Seven different tale types: “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” “Bluebeard,” and “Tricksters.” These groupings include multicultural versions, literary rescriptings, and introductions and annotations by Maria Tatar. · Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde. · More than fifteen critical essays exploring the various aspects of fairy tales. New to the Second Edition are interpretations by Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Lüthi, Lewis Hyde, Jessica Tiffin, and Hans-Jörg Uther. · A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0393289788
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“I have used this textbook for four courses on children’s literature with enrollments of over ninety students. It is without doubt the most well organized selection of literary fairy tales and critical commentaries currently available. Students love it.” —Lita Barrie, California State University, Los Angeles This Norton Critical Edition includes: · Seven different tale types: “Little Red Riding Hood,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” “Bluebeard,” and “Tricksters.” These groupings include multicultural versions, literary rescriptings, and introductions and annotations by Maria Tatar. · Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde. · More than fifteen critical essays exploring the various aspects of fairy tales. New to the Second Edition are interpretations by Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Lüthi, Lewis Hyde, Jessica Tiffin, and Hans-Jörg Uther. · A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.
Author: Iona Archibald Opie
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780195202199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSUMMARY: Presents the texts of twenty-four well-known fairy tales as they were first printed in English and summarizes the history of each title, especially from the textual point of view.
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-01-22
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 069118299X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKI. 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.
Author: Michael Patrick Hearn
Publisher: Pantheon
Published: 2012-02-22
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0307814157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom Robert Browning’s The Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray’s The Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahme’s The Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one is an expression of the joy of living. Accompanied by illustrations from the original editions of these works this collection will delight readers both young and old. Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Author: Catherine Orenstein
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Published: 2003-07
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780465041268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReveals the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities, and philosophical underpinnings of the folktale, tracing its history from the court of Louis XIV to its applications in modern marketing, and showing how it has served as a measure of social and sexual mores for women. 25,000 first printing.
Author: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780393972771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on six types of tales in variants from around the world, essays explore the genre, cultural implications, and critical history.
Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 019953215X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan's Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, Warner highlights the impact of the genre on human understanding, history, and culture.
