Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales Expanded Second Edition

Name: Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales Expanded Second Edition
Price: 3.97 USD
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ISBN: 9780691114699

ISBN-10: 0691114692

ISBN-13: 9780691114699

Edition: 2nd 1987 (Revised)

Authors: Maria Tatar

List price: $37.50

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Murder, mutilation, cannibalism and incest: the dark side of fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this study of the Grimms' 'Nursery and Household Tales'. Tatar employs the tools of a psychoanalyst, folklorist, literary critic and historian to explore the harsher aspects of these stories.

Book details

List price: $37.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.25" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface to the Expanded Second Edition


Preface



Children's Literature?



Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy Tales



Fact and Fantasy: The Art of Reading Fairy Tales



Victims and Seekers: The Family Romance of Fairy Tales



Heroes



Born Yesterday: The Spear Side



Spinning Tales: The Distaff Side



Villains



From Nags to Witches: Stepmothers and Other Ogres



Taming the Beast: Bluebeard and Other Monsters


Epilogue: Getting Even



Six Fairy Tales from the Nursery and Household Tales, with Commentary



Selected Tales from the First Edition of the Nursery and Household Tales



Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of the Nursery and Household Tales



English Titles, Tale Numbers, and German Titles of Stories Cited


App. E: Bibliographical Note


Notes


General Index


Index of Tales