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 enlarge | Creator: Maria Tatar
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 8962
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393972771
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN: 9780393972771
ASIN: 0393972771
Publication Date: November 4, 1999
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excellent introduction to folklore April 4, 2003
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I was glad to find this volume, which offers different versions of popular fairy tales and shows their cultural variation. Commentary is helpful and to the point, with good bibliographical resources. I needed to find a guide to Cinderella stories and this gave me just what I needed and more. A good antidote to Bettelheim's overly Freudian interpretations of fairy tales.
Great for storytellers June 15, 2001
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
A good mixture of browsability and serious reading. For the storyteller this book is a godsend - several variants of each story compiled for easy comparison, with an authoritative commentary for background research. And the variants are often not obvious or well-known, so giving real discoveries and delights. The scholarly essays cover a fair range of subjects, but for those just interested in the stories there is plenty in the rest of the book to satisfy. If this book interests you, try 'The Classic Fairy Tales', by Iona and Peter Opie - same title, similar approach, except that variants are only discussed rather than given in full.
Mirror, Mirror... February 1, 2001
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
An excellent collection which highlights the grislier, taboo aspects of fairy tales that are often sanitised for today's consumption. As well as traditional versions of the most popular fairy stories, editor Maria Tatar has also included feminist re-tellings of "Bluebeard" and "Beauty and the Beast" by Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter. This fascinating anthology helps to deepen our understanding of the cultural implications of the fairy tale form, and includes essays from important contributors to the field such as Vladmir Propp, Bruno Bettelheim and Marina Warner. If you thought that fairy tales were just for children, then you'll find this collection an eye opening experience.
Fairy Tale Feast July 9, 2000
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I used this volume in a college course and expected a real snooze. But, to my surprise, the stories were enticing and the intros even better! I highly recommend this anothology to any curious learner, for study or for pleasure!!
Good resource for beginning fairy tale scholars March 30, 2000
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Tatar has contributed several works to fairy tale scholarship, but this is one of the best for an introductory course. The book offers essays and fictional variations for well known fairy tales including Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Bluebeard, etc. The collection includes a story by Margaret Atwood, poetry by Anne Sexton, and more traditional versions of the tales from older sources. New translations by Tatar of some tales are also presented. I highly recommend this book.
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