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ISBN: 9780393976366 - The Great Fairy Tale Tradition
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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition

From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

Jack Zipes
Zipes, Jack

ISBN: 9780393976366
Format: Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Edition: annotated edition


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Jack Zipes holds that the Grimms collected their tales from the oral traditions of peasants. This is simply not so. Rather, the Grimms took most of their tales from literary sources, rewriting them again and again. These tales are based on a great literary tradition, which this volume documents. The fairy tales - 116 in all - are grouped thematically and are accompanied by detailed introductions and annotations.

Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are also included.

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Jack Zipes aims to disprove conventional wisdom regarding the origins of the Grimm fairy tales, which holds that the Grimms collected their tales from the oral tradition of peasants. He argues that the Grimms took most of their tales from literary sources, rewriting them again and again. These tales are based on a great literary tradition. The tales, 116 in all, are thematically grouped, and are accompanied by detailed introductions and annotations. The "Criticism" section includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition. Brief biographies of the storytellers and a selected bibliography are included.
   
 
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