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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 1008

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: November 02, 2000

ISBN: 039397636X

ISBN 13: 9780393976366

The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

4.2/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 1008

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Release: November 02, 2000

ISBN: 039397636X

ISBN 13: 9780393976366

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