Tales of magic, tales in print : On the genealogy of fairy tales and the Brothers Grimm /

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"Since the beginning of the nineteenth century folklorists, and the general public in their wake, have assumed the orality of fairy tales. Only lately have more and more specialists been arguing in favour of at least an interdependence between oral and printed distribution of stories. This book...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blecourt, Willem de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Grimm, Wilhelm, > 1786-1859.
Grimm, Jacob, > 1785-1863.
Transmission of texts.
Fairy tales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology.
Transmission de textes > Europe > Histoire.
Contes de fees > Histoire et critique.
Transmission of texts > Europe > History.
Fairy tales > History and criticism.
Europe.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The magic of the printed word: a prologue
  • The devil in the detail
  • A quest for rejuvenation
  • The girl in the garden
  • Magic and metamorphosis
  • The substitute story teller
  • Journeys to the other world
  • The vanishing godmother
  • Epilogue: towards a theory of talecraft.

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