The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales - Princeton Classics

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.

ISBN:	9780691182995
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Published date:	22 Jan 2019
DEWEY:	398.2094301
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xliv, 325
Weight:	394g
Height:	139mm
Width:	215mm
Spine width:	26mm

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