- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (5 Nov 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415921511
- ISBN-13: 978-0415921510
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,045,866 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An enticing reexamination of cherished texts."
-"Kirkus Reviews, December 1998
..."Zipes writes with a keen sense of balance between the discourse of the academy and the passion of the reader, between the authority and the fan, and he sends us back to material we thought was familiar, and makes us see it differently."
-"Locus, August 1999
"Jack Zipes...uncovers provocative new layers of meaning by viewing the collection and creation of now classic tales by the Brothers Grimm. Hans Christian Andersen and others through the lens of history."
-"The New York Times00, 3/21/99
..."a fascinating social history of the uses and abuses to which fairy tales have been put in the course of their transformation from tales told orally by adults to adults into written (and frequently homogenized) bedtime stories parents read to the children. Zipes persuasively argues that fairy tales keep alive our 'longing for a better world that can be created out of our dreams and actions'."
-New York Times Book Review
"Zipes has forged a career out of brilliant and subversive analyses of fairy tales....Intelligent and thoughtful fun, without deconstructing the land of Faerie into dust and ashes."
-"Booklist, 01/01/99
-"Kirkus Reviews, December 1998
..."Zipes writes with a keen sense of balance between the discourse of the academy and the passion of the reader, between the authority and the fan, and he sends us back to material we thought was familiar, and makes us see it differently."
-"Locus, August 1999
"Jack Zipes...uncovers provocative new layers of meaning by viewing the collection and creation of now classic tales by the Brothers Grimm. Hans Christian Andersen and others through the lens of history."
-"The New York Times00, 3/21/99
..."a fascinating social history of the uses and abuses to which fairy tales have been put in the course of their transformation from tales told orally by adults to adults into written (and frequently homogenized) bedtime stories parents read to the children. Zipes persuasively argues that fairy tales keep alive our 'longing for a better world that can be created out of our dreams and actions'."
-New York Times Book Review
"Zipes has forged a career out of brilliant and subversive analyses of fairy tales....Intelligent and thoughtful fun, without deconstructing the land of Faerie into dust and ashes."
-"Booklist, 01/01/99
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For centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories become so powerful and why? This text is a social history of the fairy tale which seeks to frame our understanding of the role it plays in our lives. With the publication of this text, Jack Zipes shifts his focus to the social and historical roots of the classical tales. With coverage of the most significant writers and their works in Europe and North America from the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century, this book is a significant contribution to the study of fairy tales. From the French Charles Perrault to the American L. Frank Baum and the German Hermann Hesse, Zipes explores the way in which particular authors used the genre of the fairy tale to articulate their personal desires, political views and aesthetic preferences in their particular social context.; At the core of this tour through the history of the fairy tale is Zipes desire to elucidate the role that the fairy tale has assumed in the civilizing process - the way it imparts values, norms and aesthetic taste to chil
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Interesting, shame about the proof-reading
16 Jan 2001
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Zipes is always interesting, thought provoking and he knows a lot, though his essays always seem to promise more than they deliver. These essays range widely across the field of his interests. Having said that, i wish someone had done a better job of proof-reading the book. The essay on the French fairy tale, in itself a fascinating and informative piece of work, is spoilt by the bizzarre dating. If Louis 14 died in 1715, how could he be waging war in 1788? On one page you read that Madame D'Aulnoy published four volumes of fairy tales between 1697 and 1698, on the next page you read that she wrote her first fairy tales in 1790. If you're trying to use the information for study purposes it's frustrating and makes you wonder how reliable the other facts in the book are. End of grumble. If you're looking for a good, readable introduction to the study of folk and fairy tales, this is a good place to start.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Helpful compilation of Zipes' works
31 Mar 2000
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This book is a collection of introductions and essays from previous books Zipes has published, usually his collections of fairytales. The texts have been somewhat reworked and it is great to have them all gathered into one place for reading. Since this is a smaller volume, it is easier to carry around than his Grimms, Beauty and the Beast, Aesop's Fables, etc. when you just need to read the scholarly works and not the primary texts of the tales. Zipes has made great contributions to this field and this volume serves as a reminder of the breadth of his work.
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