The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales : Expanded Edition Paperback / softback
by Maria Tatar
Part of the Princeton Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:376 pages, 18 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:22/01/2019
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- ISBN:9780691182995
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:376 pages, 18 b/w illus.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:22/01/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691182995
