Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales
by Zipes, Jack
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton U. P., 2015. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xv + 267pp., b/w plates, text ills., notes, filmography, bibliog., index, Ôexplores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the 19th century to the present; reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world-the fairy tale. Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a rich abundance of stories emanating from an oral tradition, and encouraged friends, colleagues, and strangers to gather and share these tales. As a result, hundreds of thousands of wonderful folk and fairy tales poured into books throughout Europe and have kept coming.Õ
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- Title
- Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales
- Author
- Zipes, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Princeton U. P.
- Place of Publication
- Princeton
- Date Published
- 2015
- Size
- octavo
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