In this Book
- The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition
- Book
- 2019
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Classics
summary
Murder, 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. Throughout the book, Tatar draws on the disciplinary tools of psychoanalysis and folklore while also providing historical context to explore the harsher aspects of these stories, presenting new interpretations of tales that engage in a kind of cultural repetition compulsion. No other book so thoroughly challenges us to rethink the happily-ever-after of these classic stories.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-xii
- Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition
- pp. xiii-xx
- Preface (2003)
- pp. xxi-xxxii
- I CHILDREN'S LITERATURE?
- II HEROES
- Born Yesterday: the Spear Side
- pp. 85-105
- Spinning Tales: the Distaff Side
- pp. 106-134
- III VILLAINS
- Epilogue: Getting Even
- pp. 179-192
- Appendixes
- E. Bibliographical Note
- pp. 275-278
- General Index
- pp. 315-322
- Index of Tales
- pp. 323-326
Additional Information
ISBN
9780691184289
Related ISBN(s)
9780691182995
MARC Record
OCLC
1080552141
Launched on MUSE
2019-01-02
Language
English
Open Access
No