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Availability:In StockContributor:Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Joyce CrickSeries:Oxford World's ClassicsPublish date:10/4/2009Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199555581ISBN-10:199555583UPC:9780199555581Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC4HGZYJSM
The tales gathered by the Grimm brothers are at once familiar, fantastic, and frightening. They seem to belong to no time, or to some distant feudal age of fairytale imagining. Grand palaces, humble cottages, and the forest full of menace are their settings; and they are peopled by kings and princesses, witches and robbers, millers and golden birds, stepmothers and talking frogs.

Regarded from their inception either as simple nursery stories or as raw material for the folklorist, the tales were in fact compositions, collected from literate tellers and shaped into a distinctive kind of literature. This new translation mirrors the apparent artlessness of the Grimms, and fully represents the range of less well-known fables, morality tales, and comic stories as well as the classic tales. It takes the stories back to their roots in German Romanticism and includes variant stories and tales that were deemed unsuitable for children. In her fascinating Introduction, Joyce Crick explores their origins, and their literary evolution at the hands of the Grimms.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199555581ISBN-10:199555583UPC:9780199555581Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC4HGZYJSM
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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