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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (Norton Critical Editions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for The Great Fairy Tale TraditionJack Zipes aims to disprove conventional wisdom regarding the origins of the Grimm fairy tales, which holds that the Grimms collected their tales from the oral tradition of peasants. He argues that the Grimms took most of their tales from literary sources, rewriting them again and again.
Full description- Publisher: WW Norton & Co
- Published: 24 January 2001
- Format: Paperback 1006 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 | Children's Literature Studies: General | Myth & Legend Told As Fiction | Folklore, Myths & Legends
- ISBN 13: 9780393976366 ISBN 10: 039397636X
- Sales rank: 58,064
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Full description for The Great Fairy Tale Tradition
Jack Zipes aims to disprove conventional wisdom regarding the origins of the Grimm fairy tales, which holds that the Grimms collected their tales from the oral tradition of peasants. He argues that the Grimms took most of their tales from literary sources, rewriting them again and again. These tales are based on a great literary tradition. The tales, 116 in all, are thematically grouped, and are accompanied by detailed introductions and annotations. The "Criticism" section includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition. Brief biographies of the storytellers and a selected bibliography are included.
