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OverviewMurder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this groundbreaking and intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix featuring translations of six tales with commentary by Maria Tatar. Through Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maria Tatar , Maria TatarPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 39 ISBN: 9780691182995ISBN 10: 069118299 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 22 January 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsFor scholars, students, and general readers, Tatar's book is a balanced, sensitive, and informative guide to the content and context of Grimms' fairy tales. -Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor A clear, imaginative and fascinating illumination of the stories we thought we knew. -Los Angeles Times Book Review Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. What results is at once intelligently eclectic and refreshingly commonsensical, a thoughtful ramble through the dark childhood woods that haunt our adult dreams. -Carl Maves, San Francisco Chronicle The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales-related in language that is sharp, lively, and free of jargon-is delightful evidence that Grimm scholarship can give pleasure to the general reader. -Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books For scholars, students, and general readers, Tatar's book is a balanced, sensitive, and informative guide to the content and context of Grimms' fairy tales. --Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor A clear, imaginative and fascinating illumination of the stories we thought we knew. --Los Angeles Times Book Review Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. What results is at once intelligently eclectic and refreshingly commonsensical, a thoughtful ramble through the dark childhood woods that haunt our adult dreams. --Carl Maves, San Francisco Chronicle The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales--related in language that is sharp, lively, and free of jargon--is delightful evidence that Grimm scholarship can give pleasure to the general reader. --Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books A clear, imaginative and fascinating illumination of the stories we thought we knew. --Los Angeles Times Book Review For scholars, students, and general readers, Tatar's book is a balanced, sensitive, and informative guide to the content and context of Grimms' fairy tales. --Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. What results is at once intelligently eclectic and refreshingly commonsensical, a thoughtful ramble through the dark childhood woods that haunt our adult dreams. --Carl Maves, San Francisco Chronicle The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales--related in language that is sharp, lively, and free of jargon--is delightful evidence that Grimm scholarship can give pleasure to the general reader. --Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books Author InformationMaria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Her many books include Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood and Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany (both Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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