The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Copyright Holder | Princeton University Press |
| Translated by | Maria Tatar |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Princeton, New Jersey |
| This Edition Published | 1987 |
| Copyright | 1987 |
| Pages / Font | 277 pages |
| ISBN 10 | 0-691-01487-6 |
| Printer's Key | 9 8 7 6 |
| Library of Congress Classification Number | PT921.T38 1987 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification Number | 398.2'1'0943 |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 87-45541 |
| Barcode (EAN) | 9780691014876 |
| EAN 5 | 90000 |
| Chapters | List of Illustrations Preface I • CHILDREN'S LITERATURE? 1. Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairy Tales 2. Fact and Fantasy: The Art of Reading Fairy Tales 3. Victims and Seekers: The Family Romance of Fairy Tales II • HEROES 4. Born Yesterday: The Spear Side 5. Spinning Tales: The Distaff Side III • VILLAINS 6. From Nags to Witches: Stepmothers and Other Ogres 7. Taming the Beast: Bluebeard and Other Monsters Epilogue: Getting Even APPENDIXES A. Selected Tales from the First Edition of the Nursery and Household Tales (The Hand with the Knife, Rapunzel, How Children Played Butcher with Each Other (two versions), Hans Dumm, The Mother-in-Law, The Starving Children) B. Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of the Nursery and Household Tales C. English Titles, Tale Numbers, and German Titles of Stories Cited D. Bibliographical Note Notes General Index Index of Tales |
| Notes | Printed in the United States of America |
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