The Classic Fairy Tales

Fairytalesshapeourculturesandenrichourimaginations;theirnarrativestabilityandculturaldurabilityareincontestable.ThisNortonCriticalEditioncollectsforty-fourfairytales,fromthefifthcenturytothepresent.TheClassicFairyTalesfocusesonsixtaletypes:"LittleRedRidingHood,""BeautyandtheBeast,""SnowWhite,""Cinderella,""Bluebeard,"and"HanselandGretel,"andpresentsmulticulturalvariantsandsophisticatedliteraryrescriptings.AlsoreprintedaretalesbyHansChristianAndersenandOscarWilde."Criticism"gatherstwelveessaysthatinterpretaspectsoffairytales,includingtheirsocialorigins,historicalevolution,psychologicaldrama,genderissues,andnationalidentities.作者简介：MariaTataristheauthorofTheHardFactsoftheGrimms’FairyTales,OffwithTheirHeads!FairyTalesandtheCultureofChildhood,andLustmord:SexualViolenceinWeimarGermany.SheisProfessorofGermanatHarvardUniversity,wheresheteachescoursesonGermanculturalstudies,folklore,andchildren’sliterature.