Fairy Tales And Fables From Weimar Days [Paperback]

Jack Zipes (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1997

Political "fairy tales" by progressive Weimar activists

Deliberately transforming traditional German fairy tales and fables into utopian narratives and social commentary, political activists wrote the stories in this collection for  progressive youth groups during the years of the German Weimar Republic, 1919 to 1933. Noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes has edited and translated these thirty-two tales by sixteen Weimar authors, who include such notable writers as Kurt Schwitters, Oskar Maria Graf, and Hermynia Zur Mühlen. Zipes has also provided an introduction, notes and bibliography, period illustrations, and concise biographies of the authors, many of whom were later killed, persecuted, or forced into exile by the Nazis.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About the Author

Jack Zipes is professor of German at the University of Minnesota and the author or editor of some thirty books, including The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World; Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion; Don't Bet on the Prince; and The Fairy Tales of Herman Hesse.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (September 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 029915744X
• ISBN-13: 978-0299157449
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,444,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Who says fairy tales are just for kids?, May 23, 2001

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Keith Murray (Gwynedd Valley, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fairy Tales And Fables From Weimar Days (Paperback)

This small collection of fairy tales written by different authors in Germany in the 1920s is an intriguing study of modern life. These writers used an older literary form prominent in their shared German heritage to express their ambivalence in contemporary society--gone are the millers, kings, and spirits of Grimm, replaced with the automobiles, noisy cities, and social conflicts of the 1920s and 1930s.