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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, fairy tales have increasingly become the focus of intense scholarly inquiry. In this Companion, international scholars from a range of academic disciplines...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xv, 267 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 'Grimm legacies,' esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world--the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance...
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