The classic fairy tales : texts, criticism / edited by Maria Tatar, Harvard University.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tatar, Maria, 1945- editor.

Series:

Norton critical edition

A Norton critical edition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 518 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Contents:

The Texts of The Classic Fairy Tales 1

Instructions / Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil 3

Introduction: Little Red Riding Hood 5

The Story of Grandmother 14

Little Red Riding Hood / Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 16

Little Red Cap / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 18

The False Grandmother / Italo Calvino Calvino, Italo 21

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf / Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald 23

The Three Little Pigs / Roald Dahl Dahl, Roald 24

The Tale of the Tiger Woman 26

Tsélané and the Marimo 28

Introduction: Beauty and the Beast 30

Beauty and the Beast / Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de 39

The Pig King / Giovan Francesco Straparola Straparola, Giovan Francesco 50

The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 55

The Tiger's Bride / Angela Carter Carter, Angela 58

Urashima the Fisherman 74

The Enchanted Frog 77

The Swan Maiden 79

Chonguita 80

The Dog Bride 82

Introduction: Snow White 84

The Young Slave / Giambattista Basile Basile, Giambattista 92

Snow White / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 95

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / Anne Sexton Sexton, Anne 102

Snow, Glass, Apples / Neil Gaiman Gaiman, Neil 106

Introduction: Sleeping Beauty 117

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood / Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 123

Briar Rose / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 130

Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane / Gabriel Garcia Márquez Márquez, Gabriel Garcia 133

The Sleeping Beauty / Wilfred Owen Owen, Wilfred 138

Introduction: Cinderella 139

Rhodopis 145

Veh-hsien

Cinderella 148

Cinderella 153

Donkeyskin / Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 154

The Three Gowns 162

Catskin / Joseph Jacobs Jacobs, Joseph 166

The Story of the Black Cow 169

[Cinderella] / Lin Lan Lan, Lin 171

The Princess in the Suit of Leather 175

Introduction: Bluebeard 182

Bluebeard / Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 188

Pitcher's Bird / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 193

The Robber Bridegroom / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 196

Mr. Fox / Joseph Jacobs Jacobs, Joseph 199

Mr. Bluebeard 201

The Forbidden Room 203

Mast-Truan 204

Bluebeard's Egg / Margaret Atwood Atwood, Margaret 205

Bluebeard / Edna St. Vincent Millay Millay, Edna St. Vincent 228

Introduction: Tricksters 229

Hansel and Grelel / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 236

Fulano de Tal and His Children 242

The Juniper Tree / Brothers Grimm Grimm, Brothers 245

The Rose-Tree / Joseph Jacobs Jacobs, Joseph 252

The Singing Bones 254

Little Thumbling / Charles Perrault Perrault, Charles 255

Vasilisa the Fair / Alexander Afanasev Afanasev, Alexander 263

Momotaro, or the Peach Boy 270

Jack and the Beanstalk / Joseph Jacobs Jacobs, Joseph 272

Introduction: Hans Christian Andersen 278

The Little Mermaid 283

The Little Match Girl 301

The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf 303

The Red Shoes 309

The Emperor's New Clothes 314

The Nightingale 318

Introduction: Oscar Wilde 326

The Selfish Giant 331

The Happy Prince 334

The Nightingale and the Rose 341

Criticism 347

The Fairy Tale Moves on Its Own in Time / Ernst Bloch Bloch, Ernst 349

From Better Castles in the Sky at the Country Fair and Circus, in Fairy Tales and Colportage 351

From The Storyteller: Reflections on the Works of Nikolai Leskov / Walter Benjamin Benjamin, Walter 356

Peasants Tell Tales: The Meaning of Mother Goose / Robert Darnton Darnton, Robert 363

Abstract Style / Max Lüthi Lüthi, Max 375

[Snow White and Her Wicked Stepmother] / Sandra M. Gilbert Gilbert, Sandra M., Susan Gubar Gubar, Susan 387

From To Spin a Yarn: The Female Voice in Folklore and Fairy Talc / Karen E. Rowe Rowe, Karen E. 393

From The Old Wives' Tale / Marina Warner Warner, Marina 405

Breaking the Disney Spell / Jack Zipes Zipes, Jack 414

From Yours, Mine, or Ours? Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and the Ownership of Fairy Tales / Donald Haase Haase, Donald 435

From Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy Tales / Maria Tatar Tatar, Maria 446

From Slipping the Trap of Appetite / Lewis Hyde Hyde, Lewis 456

From Female Tricksters as Double Agents / Maria Tatar Tatar, Maria 459

From The Fairy-Tale Web / Cristina Bacchilega Bacchilega, Cristina 468

From Magical Illusion: Fairy-Talc Film / Jessica Tiffin Tiffin, Jessica 481

From The Types of International Folktales / Hans-Jörg Uther Uther, Hans-Jörg 491

From Folklore and Literature / Vladimir Propp Propp, Vladimir 498

From Morphology of the Folktale 502

Valediction / Maria Tatar Tatar, Maria 508.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780393602975

0393602974

OCLC:

965754101

Publisher Number:

99970476520