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36 produkter
Arachnomania
Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2026
268 kr
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In praise of spiders in all their inspirational glorySpiders are often found lurking in dusty corners, where we can observe them with interest or brush them away with disgust—or make a run for it, as the agitated Miss Muffet does. They are just as prevalent in our cultural landscapes, starring in …
Classic Fairy Tales
Third Norton Critical Edition
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2026
313 kr
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This Norton Critical Edition includes:Over sixty fairy tales from around the world and across the ages, many translated for this edition, organized by an expanded sense of tale type into nine groupings.An all-new section on “natureculture,” exploring interactions among humans, animals, and the …
Classic Fairy Tales
A Norton Critical Edition
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2016
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
680 kr
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This Norton Critical Edition collects seven different tale types, including multicultural versions and literary rescriptings. Along with the introductions and annotations by Maria Tatar are twenty-four critical essays exploring the various aspects of fairy tales, and new interpretations. A revised …
Annotated Brothers Grimm
Av Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
546 kr
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Of all of the rich fairy-tale collections that exist in countries throughout the world, few are better known than those gathered almost two centuries ago by a pair of German brothers—Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm—in their Children’s Stories and Household Tales, first published in 1812. Endlessly recast …
Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Expanded Edition
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2019
232 kr
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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 …
Heroine with 1001 Faces
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2022
213 kr
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The Heroine with 1,001 Faces dismantles the cult of warrior heroes, revealing a secret history of heroinism at the very heart of our collective cultural imagination. Maria Tatar, a leading authority on fairy tales and folklore, explores how heroines, rarely wielding a sword and often deprived of a …
Turnip Princess
And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Av Franz Xaver von Schonwerth, Maria Tatar m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
228 kr
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A rare discovery in the world of fairy tales - now for the first time in English.With this volume, the holy trinity of fairy tales - the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen - becomes a quartet. In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and …
Annotated Classic Fairy Tales
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2002
496 kr
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The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales is a remarkable treasure trove, a work that celebrates the best-loved tales of childhood and presents them through the vision of Maria Tatar, a leading authority in the field of folklore and children's literature. Into the woods with Little Red Riding Hood, up the …
Annotated Hans Christian Andersen
Av Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2007
496 kr
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In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark's "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen's most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly …
Enchanted Hunters
The Power of Stories in Childhood
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2009
620 kr
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Ever wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we rarely examine the …
Grimm Reader
The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Häftad, 2010
319 kr
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Even after two hundred years, the tales collected by the Brothers Grimm remain among our most powerful stories. Their scenes of unsparing savagery and jaw-dropping beauty remind us that fairy tales, in all their simplicity, have the power to change us. With some of the most famous stories in world …
Fairest of Them All
Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2022
204 kr
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“With her trademark brio and deep-tissue understanding, Maria Tatar opens the glass casket on this undying story, which retains its power to charm twenty-one times, and counting.”—Gregory Maguire, author of WickedThe story of the rivalry between a beautiful, innocent girl and her cruel and jealous …
Off with Their Heads!
Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 1993
499 kr
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When Hansel and Gretel try to eat the witch's gingerbread house in the woods, are they indulging their "uncontrolled cravings" and "destructive desires" or are they simply responding normally to the hunger pangs they feel after being abandoned by their parents? Challenging Bruno Bettelheim and …
Lustmord
Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 1997
434 kr
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In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass …
Secrets beyond the Door
The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2006
410 kr
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The tale of Bluebeard's Wife--the story of a young woman who discovers that her mysterious blue-bearded husband has murdered his former spouses--no longer squares with what most parents consider good bedtime reading for their children. But the story has remained alive for adults, allowing it to …
Fairies Return
Or, New Tales for Old
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2012
253 kr
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Originally issued in 1934, The Fairies Return was the first collection of modernist fairy tales ever published in England, and it marked the arrival of a satirical classic that has never been surpassed. Even today, this reimagining of fourteen timeless tales--from "Puss in Boots" to "Little Red …
Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Expanded Edition
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2019
312 kr
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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 …
Off with Their Heads!
Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2020
689 kr
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When Hansel and Gretel try to eat the witch''s gingerbread house in the woods, are they indulging their "uncontrolled cravings" and "destructive desires" or are they simply responding normally to the hunger pangs they feel after being abandoned by their parents? Challenging Bruno Bettelheim and …
Lustmord
Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2020
689 kr
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In a book that confronts our society''s obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass …
Arachnomania
Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2026
231 kr
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In praise of spiders in all their inspirational glorySpiders are often found lurking in dusty corners, where we can observe them with interest or brush them away with disgustor make a run for it, as the agitated Miss Muffet does. They are just as prevalent in our cultural landscapes, starring in …
Arachnomania
Spiders and the Cultural Work They Do for Us
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2026
279 kr
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In praise of spiders in all their inspirational glorySpiders are often found lurking in dusty corners, where we can observe them with interest or brush them away with disgustor make a run for it, as the agitated Miss Muffet does. They are just as prevalent in our cultural landscapes, starring in …
Neverending Stories
Toward a Critical Narratology
Av Ann Fehn, Ingeborg Hoesterey m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
908 kr
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In these compelling new essays, leading critics sharpen our understanding of the narrative structures that convey meaning in fiction, taking as their point of departure the narratological positions of Dorrit Cohn, Grard Genette, and Franz Stanzel. This collection demonstrates how narratology, with …
Spellbound
Studies on Mesmerism and Literature
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2015
597 kr
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Franz Anton Mesmer's concept of animal magnetism exercised a profound influence on key European and American thinkers. Mesmer, who saw in his discovery the secret of health, had hoped to recover the harmony between man and nature by harnessing the power of magnetic fluids. In calling attention to …
Neverending Stories
Toward a Critical Narratology
Av Ann Fehn, Ingeborg Hoesterey m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
2303 kr
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In these compelling new essays, leading critics sharpen our understanding of the narrative structures that convey meaning in fiction, taking as their point of departure the narratological positions of Dorrit Cohn, Grard Genette, and Franz Stanzel. This collection demonstrates how narratology, with …
Spellbound
Studies on Mesmerism and Literature
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2016
2387 kr
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Franz Anton Mesmer's concept of animal magnetism exercised a profound influence on key European and American thinkers. Mesmer, who saw in his discovery the secret of health, had hoped to recover the harmony between man and nature by harnessing the power of magnetic fluids. In calling attention to …
Annotated African American Folktales
Av Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2017
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
550 kr
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The New Annotated African American Folktales revolutionises the canon like no other volume. Henry Louis Gates Jr and Maria Tatar assemble a ground-breaking collection of folktales, myths and legends that revitalise a vibrant African American past. Beginning with introductory essays and 20 seminal …
Beauty and the Beast
Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2017
144 kr
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The “tale as old as time,” in versions from across the centuries and around the world—published to coincide with Disney’s live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Dan Stevens, and Emma Thompson Nearly every culture …
The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales
Av Maria Tatar
Inbunden, 2014
1520 kr
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Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, …
The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales
Av Maria Tatar
Häftad, 2014
504 kr
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Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, …
Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales
Av Maria Tatar
E-bok, 2014
488 kr
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Fairy tales have never known geographical, disciplinary or cultural borders. In many ways, they provide a model for thinking about storytelling on a transnational level long before comparative literature began transforming itself into world literature. As the simple expression of complex thought, …
