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Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies by Dr. Jan M. Ziolkowski |
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'This is an enchanting book in all senses of the word .. it is a real and unusual treat for the enquiring mind.' - JACT Review
'This intrepid reader of obscure Classical texts and explorer in the wider world of oral tales from lands far away and times long ago ... has brought us back a provocative study.'- Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity
This is an enchanting book in all senses of the word .. it is a real and unusual treat for the enquiring mind. - JACT Review
This intrepid reader of obscure Classical texts and explorer in the wider world of oral tales from lands far away and times long ago ... has brought us back a provocative study.- Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity
Graham Anderson examines texts from the classical period which resemble "our" Cinderellas, Snow Whites, Red Riding Hoods, Bluebeards and others, and argues that many familiar fairy tales were already well-known in antiquity in some form. Examples include a Jewish-Egyptian Cinderella, complete with ashes, whose prince is the biblical Joseph; a Snow White whose enemy is the goddess Artemis; and Pied Piper at Troy, with King Priam in the role of the little boy who got away. He breaks new ground by putting forward many previously unsuspected candidates as classical variants of the modern fairytale, and argues that the degree of cruelty and violence exhibited in many ancient examples mean such stories must have often been meant for adults.
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