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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition

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Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales is the subject of this groundbreaking and intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales . This expanded edition includes a new preface and an appendix featuring translations of six tales with commentary by Maria Tatar. Throughout the book, Tatar draws on the disciplinary tools of psychoanalysis and folklore while also providing historical context to explore the harsher aspects of these stories, ...

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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition 2019, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691182995

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