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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition
From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm
Jack David Zipes, Jack D. Zipes
W.W. Norton & Company · Print & ebook · November 2, 2000
Reading lane: Higher Education
The tales--116 in all--are thematically grouped.
At a Glance
Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Jack David Zipes, Jack D. Zipes
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Company
- Published
- November 2, 2000
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Higher Education · Language Experience Teaching
- Reading lane
- Higher Education
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Publisher Categories
Higher Education
Language Experience Teaching
Teaching Methods
Creative Writing
About This Book
The tales--116 in all--are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre's reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. "Criticism" includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce, Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, and Jack Zipes. Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are included.
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