Maria Tatar (ed.) - Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Edition)

Maria Tatar (ed.) - The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Edition, 1998)

ISBN: ISBN 978-0393972771 | 416 pages | PDF


Fairy tales shape our cultures and enrich our imaginations; their narrative stability and cultural durability are incontestable. This Norton Critical Edition collects forty-four fairy tales, from the fifth century to the present.

The CLASSIC FAIRY TALES focuses on six tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Cinderella," "Bluebeard," and "Hansel and Gretel," and presents multicultural variants and sophisticated literary rescriptings. Also reprinted are tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.

The "Criticism" section of the volumes gathers twelve scholarly essays that interpret aspects of fairy tales, including their social origins, historical evolution, psychological drama, gender issues, and national identities. A Selected Bibliography is included.