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The book that afforded me deepest pleasure is 'Selected Tales' by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (trans Joyce Crick). What a joy to meet Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel and Ashypet again in these sparkling new versions. (Paul Bailey, The Independent )
terrific new edition...forcefully translated and brilliantly analysed, by Joyce Crick. (The Independent )
Joyce Crick, a fine scholar of German literature, has set out here to rescue Grimm's Tales both from children and folklorists and to help us see it as a major work of literature... she has done a magnificent job, and both she and OUP are to be congratulated. (TLS ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
terrific new edition...forcefully translated and brilliantly analysed, by Joyce Crick. (The Independent )
Joyce Crick, a fine scholar of German literature, has set out here to rescue Grimm's Tales both from children and folklorists and to help us see it as a major work of literature... she has done a magnificent job, and both she and OUP are to be congratulated. (TLS ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent, June 17, 2005
Terrific new edition...forcefully translated, and brilliantly analysed.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Eence there wiz a fisher an his gweedwife an they dwallt thegither in a chantiepot doon bi the sea. Read the first page
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is not so much a conventional negative review as it is a warning. It is not clearly noted in the description of the book, but several of these stories are not in easily readable mainstream English. Rather, they are in dialect - that is, in accents written down phonetically. Six of the sixty-five are in Scots, two in "Irish" (which apparently means writing "Oi" instead of "I").
Speaking only for myself, I don't much like this sort of thing, simply because it is hard to read. I understand the reasoning behind it - the introduction points out that these stories were originally in regional dialects, Swiss German or Austrian. But the effect, in practice, is not to make the stories seem more natural and authentic. Dialect written down actually looks inauthentic and is harder to read than clear prose. There is something very artificial - almost patronisingly artificial - about writing "rualed" instead of "ruled" or "darter" instead of "daughter".
Ultimately, whether or not you think this is a good strategy depends entirely on your tolerance for this kind of thing. If you like reading large passages in simulated dialect, then by all means go ahead and buy this - and it does only apply to eight of the sixty-five stories included. If not, they might come as a rather nasty surprise.
Speaking only for myself, I don't much like this sort of thing, simply because it is hard to read. I understand the reasoning behind it - the introduction points out that these stories were originally in regional dialects, Swiss German or Austrian. But the effect, in practice, is not to make the stories seem more natural and authentic. Dialect written down actually looks inauthentic and is harder to read than clear prose. There is something very artificial - almost patronisingly artificial - about writing "rualed" instead of "ruled" or "darter" instead of "daughter".
Ultimately, whether or not you think this is a good strategy depends entirely on your tolerance for this kind of thing. If you like reading large passages in simulated dialect, then by all means go ahead and buy this - and it does only apply to eight of the sixty-five stories included. If not, they might come as a rather nasty surprise.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A great book of varied tales to read to my 6 year old niece who wanted more scary stories.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A decent collection of these famous stories
2 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
This book does not contain all of the Grimms' stories, but it does include a wide selection (sixtyish) of the most famous and most interesting tales. There were many more stories, of course, but the editor of this edition has chosen some of the most well-known and representative ones. In addition, there are many tales included that aren't necessarily famous but are just as good as the familiar ones.
The book opens with an interesting introduction, which shows how the Grimms were the first to seriously record folk wonder tales in a literary form, putting them in good prose but still maintaining respect for the original stories. (The earlier French writers drew on folktales, but altered them into tales of courtly intrigue, and sometimes told them in a snickering, sarcastic style.) Then, of course, come the tales themselves, well-written and yet hauntingly simple.
Note: This is an edition for the grown-ups. No illustrations. Visually, it looks like a textbook rather than a book of fairy tales. I do need to buy a pretty edition someday, to pass on to my hypothetical kids. :)
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