Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela...
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Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, and more. Illustrated.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140127836 (0140127836)
Publish date: December 1st 1992
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 848
Edition language: English
At 814 pages, this is quite the compendium. Jack Zipes is THE researcher of folk lore and fairy tales (after [a:C.G. Jung|38285|C.G. Jung|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1219275406p2/38285.jpg] and [a:Joseph Campbell|20105|Joseph Campbell|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1201938763p2/20105.jpg], of cou...
A wonderful book that traces the development of the literary fairy tale. Zipes includes famous authors, such as Wilde and the Grimms, but he also includes less well known stories. The stories range in style, some are funny, some are dark. Most, however, are just plain good. I first read this whe...
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