The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition

Maria Tatar, Maria Tatar

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Princeton University Pres
15 January 2019

Literary theory; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends

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Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this groundbreaking and intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix featuring translations of six tales with commentary by Maria Tatar. Throughout the book, Tatar draws on the disciplinary tools of psychoanalysis and folklore while also providing historical context to explore the harsher aspects of these stories, presenting new interpretations of tales that engage in a kind of cultural repetition compulsion. No other book so thoroughly challenges us to rethink the happily-ever-after of these classic stories.

By: Maria Tatar
Preface by: Maria Tatar
Imprint: Princeton University Pres
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 39
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm,
ISBN: 9780691182995
ISBN 10: 069118299X
Series: Princeton Classics
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 15 January 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition

A clear, imaginative and fascinating illumination of the stories we thought we knew. --Los Angeles Times Book Review For scholars, students, and general readers, Tatar's book is a balanced, sensitive, and informative guide to the content and context of Grimms' fairy tales. --Merle Rubin, Christian Science Monitor Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. What results is at once intelligently eclectic and refreshingly commonsensical, a thoughtful ramble through the dark childhood woods that haunt our adult dreams. --Carl Maves, San Francisco Chronicle The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales--related in language that is sharp, lively, and free of jargon--is delightful evidence that Grimm scholarship can give pleasure to the general reader. --Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books

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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition

Maria Tatar, Maria Tatar

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