The Classic Fairy Tales

  • The Classic Fairy Tales
    The Classic Fairy Tales
    By Maria Tatar

    Edwards, Lee R. “The Labors of Psyche: Toward a Theory of Female Heroism.” Critical Inquiry 6 (1979): 33–49. Ellis, John. One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1982.

  • The Classic Fairy Tales: Text, Criticisms /$cedited by Maria Tatar
    The Classic Fairy Tales: Text, Criticisms /$cedited by Maria Tatar

    Examines the genre, cultural implications, and critical history of six classic fairy tales and presents twelve essays on the social origins and issues of gender and national identity present in many of these children's stories.

  • The Classic Fairy Tales: From Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm
    By Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

    The Classic Fairy Tales: From Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm

  • The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism
    The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism
    By Maria Tatar

    Focusing on six types of tales in variants from around the world, essays explore the genre, cultural implications, and critical history.

  • The Classic Fairy Tales
    The Classic Fairy Tales
    By Iona Archibald Opie, Peter Opie

    SUMMARY: Presents the texts of twenty-four well-known fairy tales as they were first printed in English and summarizes the history of each title, especially from the textual point of view.

  • The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism
    The Classic Fairy Tales: Texts, Criticism
    By Maria Tatar

    It is without doubt the most well organized selection of literary fairy tales and critical commentaries currently available. Students love it." --Lita Barrie, California State University, Los Angeles