Overview

This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Hansel and Gretel, and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde. Criticism gathers twelve essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities. A Selected Bibliography is included.

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Author:   Maria Tatar (Harvard University)
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Volume:   0
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9780393972771

ISBN 10:   0393972771
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   21 December 1998
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   9780393602975
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print  
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Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Research Professor and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. The editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales and The Annotated Brothers Grimm, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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