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The Classic Fairy Tales: 0 Paperback – 17 November 1998

by Maria Tatar (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present. The Classic Fairy Tales focuses on six tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel," and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.

"Criticism" gathers twelve essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities.

A Selected Bibliography is included.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0393972771
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0393972771
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    *Norton agency titles
  5. Publication date
    17 November 1998
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    13.21 x 2.29 x 21.34 cm
  8. Print length
    352 pages
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About the Author

Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Research Professor and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. The editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales and The Annotated Brothers Grimm, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ *Norton agency titles; 1st edition (17 November 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393972771
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393972771
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.21 x 2.29 x 21.34 cm
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Maria Tatar teaches folklore, children's literature, and German cultural studies at Harvard University. She chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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vmg
5.0 out of 5 stars When We Sat Around the Fire
Reviewed in the United States on 13 May 2014
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If you sense that imagination is being extinguished in young people, you will find light to pass on to high school and college students in this Norton edition. Maria Tatar has compiled a rich anthology of classic fairy tales and packaged them with insightful introductions to each tale type and a collection of thought provoking critical essays. Tatar covers it all, from the gritty peasants who told the tales around the fire for entertainment and respite from a brutal life, to Angela Carter's knack for holding a merciless mirror up to 20th century images. Selections from China and Russia are mixed in with the expected German, Italian and French stories. One particularly informative essay includes models of Stith Thompson's tale types that the folklorists use. Hard to explain, but this portable gem feels like a passport to the world's story telling.
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CherryTree18
5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal introduction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 December 2012
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This is a great edition for general readers as well as students and academics. The editor has done a wonderful job of selecting both different tellings of the tales themselves as well as some of the best critical writing on fairytales (Zipes, Propp, Warner, Bettelheim etc) to give a multifaceted view of these well-known stories. Her introduction also manages to cover a huge amount very briefly and lucidly. The issue of feminist responses to fairy tales is particularly well handled. I would recommend this very highly for those interested in teaching fairy tales.
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thomas poulsen
3.0 out of 5 stars Buch gut aber nicht richtige edition
Reviewed in Germany on 5 December 2018
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Nocht die richtige edition aber vielleciht mein fehl
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MC
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
Reviewed in the United States on 21 August 2014
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This book compiles tales of the same type (Cinderella together with other Cinderella versions) in sections preceded by an introduction of analysis of the tales overall. A great book for those interested in how tales vary from culture to culture. The end of the book also has a compilation of criticism/analysis of fairy/folk tales from different experts including Jack Zipes. A must have book for those interested in the scholarly side of fairy tales.
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Anon
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Resource
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2015
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This book is a fabulous resource. It has a wide selection of tales that are well-organised and accompanied by truly useful and accessible criticism. It's definitely a scholarly text, but would be useful to the casual reader also who wants to know about the origins and patterns in the fairy tale tradition.
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