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Author Zipes, Jack, 1937-

Title The Brothers Grimm : from enchanted forests to the modern world / Jack Zipes.

Publication Info. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.2 Z67    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.2 Z67    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  398.2 GRIMM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  398.2094 ZIP    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  800 GRIMM CRIT    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  398.2 G864Z    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  B-GRIMM    Check Shelf
Description xx, 331 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-321) and index.
Contents Preface to the 2002 edition -- Preface to the 1988 edition -- 1. Once there were two brothers named Grimm : a reintroduction -- 2. The origins and reception of the tales -- 3. Exploring historical paths -- 4. From Odysseus to Tom Thumb and other cunning heroes : speculations about the entrepreneurial spirit -- 5. The german obsession with fairy tales -- 6. Henri Pourrat and the tradition of Perrault and the Brothers Grimm -- 7. Recent psychological approaches with some questions about the abuse of children -- 8. Semantic shifts of power in folk and fairy tales : Cinderella and the consequences -- 9. Fairy tale as myth / myth as fairy tale : the immorality of Sleeping Beauty and storytelling -- 10. The struggle of the Grimms' throne : the legacy of the Grimm's tales in East and West Germany since 1945 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.
Philologists -- Germany -- Biography.
Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
Fairy tales -- Germany -- History and criticism.
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0312293801
1403960658 hardback
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