Awards

• Winner of Book Prize in Literature of the German Studies Association 1992 (United States)

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Author:   Maria Tatar
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.70cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691000886

ISBN 10:   0691000883
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   24 October 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"List of IllustrationsPrefaceIRewritten by Adults: The Inscription of Children's Literature3II""Teaching Them a Lesson"": The Pedagogy of Fear in Fairy Tales22IIIJust Desserts: Reward-and-Punishment Tales51IVWilhelm Grimm/Maurice Sendak: Dear Mili and the Art of Dying Happily Ever After70VDaughters of Eve: Fairy-Tale Heroines and Their Seven Sins94VITyranny at Home: ""Catskin"" and ""Cinderella""120VIIBeauties and Beasts: From Blind Obedience to Love at First Sight140VIII""As Sweet as Love"": Violence and the Fulfillment of Wishes163IXTable Matters: Cannibalism and Oral Greed190XTelling Differences: Parents vs. Children in ""The Juniper Tree""212Epilogue: Reinvention through Intervention229Notes239Select Bibliography273Index289"

Reviews

As provocative and stimulating as her The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, this book should give a salutary shock to everyone who brings children and tales together, convincing them that every interpretation is a rewriting' and encouraging them to identify what is transmitted in the stories we tell children.' -- Library Journal

"Winner of the 1992 Book Prize in Literature, German Studies Association ""As provocative and stimulating as her The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, this book should give a salutary shock to everyone who brings children and tales together, convincing them that ""every interpretation is a rewriting' and encouraging them ""to identify what is transmitted in the stories we tell children.'""--Library Journal"

As provocative and stimulating as her The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales, this book should give a salutary shock to everyone who brings children and tales together, convincing them that every interpretation is a rewriting' and encouraging them to identify what is transmitted in the stories we tell children.' Library Journal

Author Information

Maria Tatar is Professor of German Literature at Harvard University.

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