Book : The Classic Fairy Tales (norton Critical Editions) -.

-Titulo Original : The Classic Fairy Tales (norton Critical Editions)

-Fabricante :

W. W. Norton & Company

-Descripcion Original:

About the Author Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Research Professor and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University. The editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales and The Annotated Brothers Grimm, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is a superb anthology of fairy tales and criticism that is perfect for classroom use. It provides an excellent selection of primary and secondary texts, organized to permit a wide variety of approaches to teaching the fairy tale. Tatars introductions to each section are balanced, up-to-date, and provocative. --Donald Haase, Wayne State UniversityWonderful, comprehensive book! Hope L. Russell, SUNY Buffalo I have used this textbook for four courses on childrens literature with enrollments of over ninety students. 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 This Norton Critical Edition includes: - Seven different tale types: Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Bluebeard, and Tricksters. These groupings include multicultural versions, literary rescriptings, and introductions and annotations by Maria Tatar. - Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde. - More than fifteen critical essays exploring the various aspects of fairy tales. New to the Second Edition are interpretations by Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max Luthi, Lewis Hyde, Jessica Tiffin, and Hans-Jorg Uther. - A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.