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1	The Classic Fairy Tales more books like this by Maria M Tatar (Editor) Gathering together 44 tales from around the world, from the 5th century on, this critical edition examines the genre, its cultural implications and its critical history. She has focused on six different tale types, and includes multicultural variants and literary rescriptings. see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.00!
2	Grimm's Grimmest more books like this by Tracy Arah Dockray (Illustrator), Maria M Tatar (Introduction by) Grimm's Grimmest are not your typical bedtime stories. Drawing on the original German stories, this book presents 19 of the darkest and most dramatic tales collected by the Grimm Brothers. Some of these tales are recognizable, but contain elements that have long since been removed. From the true horror of Aschenputtel (the original Cinderella ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Annotated Brothers Grimm more books like this by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Maria M Tatar (Editor) The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the richness and dramatic power of the fables in the most spectacular Grimm volume in decades. With forty newly translated stories-including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel-the book features the work of legendary painters such as George Cruikshank and Arthur Rackham; hundreds of ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales more books like this by Maria M Tatar Murder, mutilation, cannibalism, infanticide, and incest: the darker side of classic fairy tales figures as the subject matter for this intriguing study of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's Nursery and Household Tales. This updated and expanded second edition includes a new preface and an appendix containing new translations of six tales, along with ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $24.20! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales more books like this by Maria M Tatar (Translator) This beautiful volume celebrates the best-loved stories of childhood through the vision of Maria Tatar, a leading expert in the field of folklore and children's literature. Challenging the notion that fairy tales can be read for their morals and used to make model citizens of little children, Tatar guides readers through the stories, exploring ... see all copies from $19.18! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany more books like this by Maria M Tatar In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass media, that we rarely question what is at stake in its ... see all copies from $5.68! new only from $31.12! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood more books like this by Maria M Tatar When Hansel and Gretel try to eat the witch's gingerbread house in the woods, are they indulging their "uncontrolled cravings" and "destructive desires", or are they simply responding normally to the hunger pangs they feel after being abandoned by their parents? Challenging Bruno Bettelheim and other critics who read fairy tales as enactments of ... see all copies from $7.74! new only from $34.02! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Artificial Silk Girl more books like this by Irmgard Keun, Maria Tatar (Introduction by), Kathie Von Ankum (Translator) Before Sex and the City there was Bridget Jones. And before Bridget Jones was The Artificial Silk Girl. In 1931, a young woman writer living in Germany was inspired by Anita Loos's Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to describe pre-war Berlin and the age of cinematic glamour through the eyes of a woman. The resulting novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, became ... see all copies from $14.72! new only from $16.31! \| SVS
9	The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen more books like this by Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar (Translator), Julie K Allen (Translator) In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Tatar celebrates the stories told by Denmark's "perfect wizard" and re-envisions Hans Christian Andersen as a writer who casts his spell on both children and adults. Andersen's most beloved tales, such as "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid", are now joined by ... see all copies from $21.00! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
10	Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives more books like this by Maria M Tatar The tale of "Bluebeard's Wife" - the story of a young woman who discovers that her mysterious blue-bearded husband has murdered his former spouses - no longer squares with what most parents consider good bedtime reading for their children. But the story has remained alive for adults, allowing it to lead a rich subterranean existence in novels ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $17.82! \| SVS
11 view cover	Brothers & Beasts: An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales more books like this by Kate Bernheimer (Editor), Professor Jack Zipes (Afterword by), Maria Tatar (Foreword by) Despite the availability of several eloquent gender studies of fairy tales, a popular reference on men and fairy tales has so far been nonexistent. "Brothers and Beasts" offers a new perspective by allowing twenty-three male writers the chance to explore their artistic and emotional relationship to their favorite fairy-tale stories. In their ... see all copies from $12.35! new only from $12.35! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Neverending Stories: Toward a Critical Narratology more books like this by Ann Fehn (Editor), Ingeborg Hoesterey (Editor), Maria M. Tatar (Editor) In these compelling new essays, leading critics sharpen our understanding of the narrative structures that convey meaning in fiction, taking as their point of departure the narratological positions of Dorrit Cohn, Grard Genette, and Franz Stanzel. This collection demonstrates how narratology, with its attention to the modalities of presenting ... see all copies from $20.85!
13	Spellbound: Studies on Mesmerism and Literature more books like this by Maria M Tatar see all copies from $15.00! first editions
14	The Ugly Duckling Signed Edition more books like this by Hans Christian Andersen, Maria Tatar (Editor), Henri Galeron (Illustrator) see all copies from $154.01! new only from $154.01!

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