An encyclopedia containing more than eight hundred entries and seventy illustrations about fairy tales, both ancient and modern, and related topics such as film, art, opera, ballet, and music.
from Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm : texts, criticism
Zipes, Jack David
2001
A detailed overview of fairy tales that focuses on the influence of the Brothers Grimm, discussing the origins of the Grimm fairy tales and the influence they have had on the fairy tale tradition; includes 116 of the Grimm fairy tales, each accompanied by an introduction and annotations.
An encyclopedia containing more than eight hundred entries and seventy illustrations about fairy tales, both ancient and modern, and related topics such as film, art, opera, ballet, and music.
A collection of fairy tales by Victorian writers, including Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde, and Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations from the same period.
Studies the classical tradition of the literary fairy tales in Western society, focusing on the most significant writers and their works in Europe and North America from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.