Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days [Hardcover]

Jack Zipes (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1990

A collection of literary fairy tales written during the Weimar Republic in Germany, intended to serve as utopian tales for raising the political consciousness of the young people of that period. Includes a scholarly introduction giving the social and cultural background of the tales.

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Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)

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. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 221 pages
• Publisher: UPNE (January 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874515017
• ISBN-13: 978-0874515015
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,460,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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.