The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Editions)
Maria Tatar
Language: English
Pages: 416
ISBN: 0393972771
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Fairy tales shape our cultures and enrich our imaginations; their narrative stability and cultural durability are incontestable.
This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel," and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.
"Criticism" gathers twelve essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities.
A Selected Bibliography is included.
Charles Perrault • Donkeyskin Brothers Grimm • Cinderella Joseph Jacobs • Catskin The Story of the Black Cow Lin Lan • Cinderella The Princess in the Suit of Leather Introduction: Bluebeard Charles Perrault • Bluebeard Brothers Grimm • Fitcher's Bird Brothers Grimm • The Robber Bridegroom Joseph Jacobs • Mr. Fox Margaret Atwood • Bluebeard's Egg Introduction: Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm • Hansel and Gretel Brothers Grimm • The Juniper Tree Joseph Jacobs • The Rose-Tree
Charles Perrault • Little Thumbling Pippety Pew Joseph Jacobs • Molly Whuppie Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen The Little Mermaid The Little Match Girl The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf The Red Shoes Introduction: Oscar Wilde The Selfish Giant The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose Criticism Bruno Bettelheim • [The Struggle for Meaning] Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament Bruno Bettelheim • "Hansel and Gretel" Robert Darnton • Peasants Tell Tales: The
Charles Perrault • Little Thumbling Pippety Pew Joseph Jacobs • Molly Whuppie Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen The Little Mermaid The Little Match Girl The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf The Red Shoes Introduction: Oscar Wilde The Selfish Giant The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose Criticism Bruno Bettelheim • [The Struggle for Meaning] Fairy Tales and the Existential Predicament Bruno Bettelheim • "Hansel and Gretel" Robert Darnton • Peasants Tell Tales: The
The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography Vladimir Propp Folklore and Literature From Morphology of the Folktale The Method and Material Thirty-One Functions Propp's Dramatis Personae Selected Bibliography Anthologies Critical Studies Norton Critical Editions
The Types of the Folktale: A Classification and Bibliography Vladimir Propp Folklore and Literature From Morphology of the Folktale The Method and Material Thirty-One Functions Propp's Dramatis Personae Selected Bibliography Anthologies Critical Studies Norton Critical Editions