Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy

Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy

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Summary

A retelling of classic children's tales by The Brothers Grimm, including "Snow White", "Rumpelstiltskin", "Ashputtel" ("Cinderella") and "Little Red-cap". This interpretation by Carol Ann Duffy seeks to remove the sugariness of contemporary versions and return to the orginal, darker mould.

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Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy's versions of Grimm include some very familiar tales - Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Ashputtel (Cinderella) and Little Red-cap - and some that will be new to many readers. But there will be surprising and unexpected elements in them all. The layers of varnish that have built up over the years in the re-telling of these classic folk tales have been stripped back. An award-winning poet, Carol Ann Duffy shows, unsurprisingly, an unflinching eye for the telling detail and the germane turn of phrase, so that the stories appear with all the immediacy and imaginative potency of the originals.
Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She has published six collections of poems for adults and has received many awards. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for best collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in America. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent collection is Feminine Gospels (2002).
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ISBN 13 9780571196319
ISBN 10 0571196314
Title Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales
Author Carol Ann Duffy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 1999-11-01
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.