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Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms´ Folk and Fairy Tales
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Description for Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms´ Folk and Fairy Tales
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 478.
In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world--the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands ... Read more
In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world--the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691173672
SKU
V9780691173672
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About Unknown
Jack Zipes is the translator and editor of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Princeton), the editor of The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales (Hackett), and the author of Why Fairy Tales Stick, among many other books. He is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms´ Folk and Fairy Tales
Winner of the 2015 Chicago Folklore Prize, American Folklore Society and the University of Chicago [F]ascinating.
Michael Dirda, Washington Post Clear, precise, discreet, and exceedingly well informed about scholarship on the Grimms.
Willis Goth Regier, World Literature Today With this book Zipes positions [the Grimm] legacy among the forces of gods, dwarfs, samurai, cowboys, fairies, and other ... Read more
Michael Dirda, Washington Post Clear, precise, discreet, and exceedingly well informed about scholarship on the Grimms.
Willis Goth Regier, World Literature Today With this book Zipes positions [the Grimm] legacy among the forces of gods, dwarfs, samurai, cowboys, fairies, and other ... Read more