Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143120239 ISBN 13: 9780143120230

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

"Alas for those girls who've refused the truth:
The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth."

Arranged marriages, trials to win the princess, children lost in the woods, the transformation of humans into beasts, charms and curses, evil stepsisters, tests of love and courage-these are the motifs that touch readers so profoundly as they read these wonderful stories. Along with perennial favorites such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella," and "Beauty and the Beast," gathered hereare some of the most beloved tales, with an enduring power far beyond childhood. This superb collection of classic French fairy tales, translated by eminent folklore scholar Jack Zipes, captures the magic that makes these stories so special and will enchant modern readers of all ages.

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Jack Zipes is an American retired Professor of German at the University of Minnesota, who has published and lectured on the subject of fairy tales, their linguistic roots, and argued that they have a "socialization function". Zipes taught at various institutions before heading German language studies at the University of Minnesota. He has retranslation of the complete fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0143120239
• ISBN 13: 9780143120230
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Herausgeber: Zipes Jack
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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