The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes

Criticism includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce, Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, and Jack Zipes Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are included.

Jack Zipes (Ph.D. Columbia University) is a Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work on children’s literature, he is an award-winning storyteller in public schools and has worked with various children’s theaters. His major publications include Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children’s Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000), Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry (1997), Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale (1994), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1988), and Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization (1983).

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ISBN 13	9780393976366
ISBN 10	039397636X
Title	The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm
Author	Jack Zipes
Series	Norton Critical Editions
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2001-01-24
Number of pages	1008
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