The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
- ISBN-10
- 0691114692
- ISBN-13
- 9780691114699
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 325
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Maria Tatar
Description
Throughout the book, Tatar employs the tools not only of a psychoanalyst but also of a folklorist, literary critic, and historian to examine the harsher aspects of these stories. She presents new interpretations of the powerful stories in this book. Few studies have been written in English on these tales, and none has probed their allegedly happy endings so thoroughly."--BOOK JACKET.
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