Ebook {Epub PDF} The Hard Facts of the Grimms Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

 · Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery . The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. by. Maria Tatar. · Rating details · ratings · 25 reviews. Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales.4/5(25). “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 “Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology bltadwin.ru by: 3.

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. "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 "Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. 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. Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there.

“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 “Tatar takes detours into literary history here and into comparative anthropology there. 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. Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This updated and expanded second edition includes a new preface and an appendix containing new translations of six tales, along with commentary by Maria Tatar.