The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm / Edition 1

by Jack Zipes

Overview

The first edition of its kind, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition is indispensable for students of fairy tales.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393976366
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/02/2000
Series:	Norton Critical Editions Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	1008
Sales rank:	359,587
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jack Zipes (Ph.D. Columbia University) is a Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work on children’s literature, he is an award-winning storyteller in public schools and has worked with various children’s theaters. His major publications include Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children’s Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000), Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry (1997), Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale (1994), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1988), and Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization (1983).

Editorial Reviews

This collection of tales is organized into 38 themes, including clever thieves, dangerous sirens, faithful servants, magic helpers, taming of shrews, lucky bumpkins, bloodthirsty husbands, and the beast as bridegroom. Fairy writers in addition to those mentioned in the subtitle include Charlotte-Rose de la Force, Charles Perrault, Jean de Mailly, and Eustache Le Noble. Seven critical articles by Zipes, Benedetto Croce and others, concentrate mostly on the Grimms, Perrault, Basile, and Straparola. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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