A Companion to the Fairy Tale

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A Companion to the Fairy Tale

Edited by: Hilda R Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri
With contributions by: Anna Chaudhri , Bengt Holbek , David Blamires , David Hunt , Derek S Brewer , Graham Anderson , Hilda R Ellis Davidson , James Riordan , Joyce Thomas , Mary Brockington , Neil Philip , Pat Schaefer , Patricia Lysaght , Reimund Kvideland , Robin Gwyndaf , Ruth Bottigheimer and T A Shippey

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2002

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Studies of the fairy tale describe different interpretations of the form and theories of its origin and transmission.

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Jewish Studies Jewish Culture Jewish Folklore

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	VIII
Introduction Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Interpretation of Fairy Tales Derek Brewer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Creativity and Tradition in the Fairy Tale Neil Philip Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3 The Ultimate Fairy Tale: Oral Transmission in a Literate World Ruth Boitigheimer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 A Workshop of Editorial Practice: The Grimms' Kinder- und Hausmarchen David Blamires Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5 Old Tales for New: Finding the First Fairy Tales Graham Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6 Helpers and Adversaries in Fairy Tales Hilda Ellis Davidson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7 'Catch if you can': The Cumulative Tale Joyce Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
8 Unknown Cinderella: The Contribution of Marian Roalfe Cox to the Study of the Fairy Tale Pat Schaefer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
9 Hans Christian Andersen's Use of Folktales Bengt Holbek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
10 The Collecting and Study of Tales in Scandinavia Reimund Kvideland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
11 The Wonder Tale in Ireland Patricia Lysaght Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
12 Welsh Folk Narrative and the Fairy Tale Robin Gwyndaf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
13 The Ossetic Oral Narrative Tradition: Fairy Tales in the Context of Other Forms of Traditional Literature Anna Chaudhri Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
14 Russian Fairy Tales and Their Collectors James Riordan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
15 Fairy-Tale Motifs from the Caucasus David Hunt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
16 The Fairy Tale in South Asia: The Same Only Different Mary Brockington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
17 Rewriting the Core: Transformations of the Fairy Tale in Contemporary Writing Tom Shippey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
General Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index of main tales and tale-types Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

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October 1, 2002

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9781846150470

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D.S.Brewer

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302

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846150470

eBook ISBN: 9781846150470

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A Companion to the Fairy Tale

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