Product Information
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. Criticism gathers twelve 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherWW Norton & Co
ISBN-139780393972771
eBay Product ID (ePID)87288609
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Classic Fairy Tales
Publication Year1998
SubjectSocial Sciences
TypeTextbook
AuthorMaria Tatar
SeriesNorton Critical Editions
Dimensions
Item Height213 mm
Item Weight395 g
Additional Product Features
EditorMaria Tatar
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
TopicLiterature, Literary Theory