The hard facts of the Grimms' fairy tales / Maria Tatar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tatar, Maria, Author.

Contributor:

Tatar, Maria

Series:

Princeton classics ; 39.

Princeton Classics ; 94

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859--Criticism and interpretation.

Grimm, Wilhelm.

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863--Criticism and interpretation.

Grimm, Jacob.

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.

Fairy tales--Germany--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 pages).

Edition:

Expanded edition.

Other Title:

Hard facts of the Grimm's fairy tales

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE TO THE PRINCE TON CLASSICS EDITION

PREFACE (2003)

PREFACE

I. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE?

1. SEX AND VIOLENCE. The Hard Core of Fairy Tales

2. FACT AND FANTASY. The Art of Reading Fairy Tales

3. VICTIMS AND SEEKERS. The Family Romance of Fairy Tales

II. HEROES

4. BORN YESTERDAY. The Spear Side

5. SPINNING TALES. The Distaff Side

III. VILLAINS

6. FROM NAGS TO WITCHES. Stepmothers and Other Ogres

7. TAMING THE BEAST Bluebeard and Other Monsters

EPILOGUE. Getting Even

APPENDIXES

A. Six Fairy Tales from the NURSERY & HOUSEHOLD TALES, with Commentary

B. Selected Tales from the First Edition of the Nursery & Household Tales

C. Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of the Nursery & household tales

D. English Titles, Tale Numbers, and German Titles of Stories Cited

E. Bibliographical Note

NOTES

GENERAL INDEX

INDEX OF TALES

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

9780691184289

0691184283

OCLC:

1076800138