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In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and…
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Jack Zipes
If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative…
Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy tales
Jack Zipes has spent decades as a "scholarly scavenger," discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries…
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Remembering the Jewish and German Questions: Essays on Fairy Tales, Poetry, and Culture is a selection of Jack Zipes's insightful essays and presentations on fairy tales, Jewish studies, philosophy, drama…
Holly Bellebuono
Once Upon a Place explores narratives from modern film, famous fairy tales, and ancient mythology to define the five core locations that shape every story: the Cavern, the Deep, the…
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…
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Zipes addresses his ongoing concern regarding the socialization of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as film.
Deliberately transforming traditional German fairy tales and fables into utopian narratives and social commentary, the stories in this collection were written by political activists for use by progressive youth groups…
Jack Zipes has uncovered this neglected treasure trove, a 19th-century collection of Sicilian folk and fairy tales. Like the Grimm brothers before her, Laura Gonzenbach, a talented Swiss-German born in…
This is an anthology of fairy tales written by some of the most notable writers of the Victorian period, including Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling and Edith…
Jack Zipes,Diana Leat
Based on 35 years of research and writing on Andersen, this book is a reconsideration of Andersen’s place and of his reception in English-speaking countries and on film. This book…
Jack Zipes,Laura Gonzenbach
‘The Robber with the Witch’s Head presents almost 50 new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Full of adventure and magic, they are translated by Jack Zipes.
Kathleen Ragan
A collection of sixty-three tales that respond to fear that are arranged thematically around topics such as the importance of laughter.
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Jack David Zipes
Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers…
Jack Zipes (University of Minnesota, USA)
As Jack Zipes convincingly shows in this classic work, fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable of being used to shape or destabilize attitudes and behavior within culture…
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Bela Balazs
Strange and fantastical, the fairy tales of Bela Balazs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of Bluebeard’s Castle , reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist…
Angela Carter
In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the oral tradition, fairy tales that are known and loved even today by virtually all children in the West. This book adapts…
Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm
Your favourite fantastic Grimm fairy tales and bedtime stories in the only complete edition of this classic collection. Wolves and grandmothers, ugly sisters, a house made of bread, a goose…
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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and overview of the life and philosophy of Ernst Bloch. While this book does not set out to entirely rectify this neglect, it…
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The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on children’s lives. This work shows that fairy tales have always been a powerful discourse, capable…
This second edition explores the social life of the fairy tale from its beginnnings to today, and includes a new preface and two new chapters on Peter Pan and The…
Jack Zipes has selected the tales in Charles Godfrey Leland and His Magical Tales from five different books and has arranged them thematically. What distinguishes Leland from the major folklorists…
First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
With introductions and biographies from Jack Zipes, and the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award winning Romer Wilson - Green Magic…
Originally published in English in 1991 and now reissued with a new Preface, this book presents and examines the work of two little-known writers, Oskar Panizza and Mynona (Salomo Friedlaender)…
Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they…
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BEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT: CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES A beautiful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes…
A wonderful new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated into English by renowned writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty, Puss…
Re-evaluates the achievement Hans Christian Andersen, who is one of the great figures of the fairy tale and storytelling tradition, and is famous for The Snow Queen , The Little…
Jack Zipes has spent decades as a scholarly scavenger, discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries…
This book is a collection of traditional German fairy tales and fables, deliberately transformed into utopian narratives and social commentary by political activists in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933).
First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A pictorial history of fairy-tale postcards from the late 19th century to the present, this volume presents a fascinating look at how key scenes of fairy tales have been rendered…
With introductions and biographies from Jack Zipes, and the original illustrations by Kay Nielsen, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award-winning Romer Wilson - Green Magic (1928)…
Jack Zipes explores the evolution of folk and fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them, and their incorporation in mass media culture today.
Jack Zipes presents the many faces of Little Red Riding Hood. Bringing together 35 of the best versions of the tale, from the Brothers Grimm to Anne Sexton, Zipes uses…
This practical manual encourages storytellers, primary school teachers and public librarians to play an active part in interactive storytelling. Includes stories to work with, in an active ‘hands on’ manner.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature comprehensively documents and interprets the books read by children throughout the world. It includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator, and essays…
