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Containing 40 stories in new translations by Tatar this celebration of the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters.
No library's complete without the classics! They are the stories we've known since we were children. Rapunzel. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. But the works originally collected by the Brothers Grimm in the early 1800s are not necessarily the versions we heard before bedtime. They're darker and often don't end very happily--but they're often far more interesting. Complete Original Unabridged Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading
Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausm�rchen) is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimms' Fairy Tales.
Originally titled Children’s and Household Tales, The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales contains the essential bedtime stories for children worldwide for the better part of two centuries. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, were German linguists and cultural researchers who gathered legendary folklore and aimed to collect the stories exactly as they heard them. 2012 marked the 200th anniversary of Grimm’s Fairy Tales, and what better way to celebrate than to include all 211 stories into the Knickerbocker Classic Series? Featuring all your favorite classics, including “Hansel and Gretel,” “Cinderella,” “The Frog Prince,” “Rapunzel,” “Snow White,” “Rumpelstiltskin,”...
Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausm�rchen) is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, one of the more astute critics of fairy tales, explores the romantic myth of the brothers as wandering scholars, who gathered "authentic" tales from the peasantry. Bringing to bear his own critical expertise as well and new biographical information, Zipes examines the interaction between the Grimms' lives and their work. He reveals the Grimms' personal struggle to overcome social prejudice and poverty, as well as their political efforts--as scholars and civil servants--toward unifying the German states. By deftly interweaving the social, political, and personal elements of the lives of the Brothers Grimm, Zipes rescues them from sentimental obscurity. No longer figures in a fairy tale, the Brothers Grimm emerge as powerful creators, real men who established the fairy tale as one of our great literary institutions. Part biography, part critical assessment, and part social history, The Brothers Grimm provides a complex and very real story about fairy tales and the modern world.
Step into a world of enchantment and wonder with the timeless fairy tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm: Enter the world of enchanted and magical tales with Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. This collection of fairy tales and folktales has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers for generations, offering timeless stories of adventure, love, and magic. The Grimms' poetic language and captivating stories make this book a classic of children's literature. Why This Book? Grimms' Fairy Tales is a delightful and enchanting collection that celebrates the joy and wonder of imagination. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's imaginative storytelling and timeless themes make this book a must-read for young readers and fans of fairy tales and folklore. Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, German folklorists and linguists, are known for their contributions to the study of fairy tales and mythology. Grimms' Fairy Tales is a testament to their enduring legacy in the world of children's literature.
The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way children—and adults—learn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (Sleeping Beauty) are only a few of the more than two hundred enchanting characters included in this volume. The tales are presented just as Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally set them down: bold, primal, just frightening enough, and endlessly engaging. With black-and-white illustrations throughout Illustrated by Josef Schari / Commentary by Joseph Campbell Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Moord, verminking, kannibalisme, kindermoord en incest: de donkere kant van klassieke sprookjesfiguren als onderwerp voor deze intrigerende studie van Jacob en Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. Deze bijgewerkte en uitgebreide tweede editie bevat een nieuw voorwoord en een bijlage met nieuwe vertalingen van zes verhalen, samen met commentaar van Maria Tatar. Door het hele boek heen gebruikt Tataars vakkundig de instrumenten van niet alleen een psychoanalyticus, maar ook van een folklorist, literair criticus en historicus om de hardere aspecten van deze verhalen te onderzoeken. Ze presenteert nieuwe interpretaties van de krachtige verhalen in dit wereldwijd best verkochte boek. Er zijn maar weinig studies over deze verhalen in het Engels geschreven, en geen enkele heeft hun zogenaamd gelukkige einde zo grondig onderzocht.
Grimms' Fairy Tales When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style. For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions. These narrative gems, newly translated and brought tog...