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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition by Jack David Zipes

The Great Fairy Tale Tradition

From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm

Jack David Zipes, Jack D. Zipes

W.W. Norton & Company · Print & ebook · November 2, 2000

The tales--116 in all--are thematically grouped.

Folklore & MythologyFairy Tale & Myth Criticismshort story
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Fairy Tale & Myth Criticism, Folklore & Mythology
Published
W.W. Norton & Company, November 2, 2000

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About this book

The tales--116 in all--are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre's reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. "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.

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Fairy Tale & Myth Criticism51%
Folklore & Mythology41%

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Authors
Jack David Zipes, Jack D. Zipes
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Published
November 2, 2000
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Higher Education