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Mother Earth and Her Children: A Quilted Fairy Tale
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Sibylle Von Olfers, Sieglinde Schoen-Smith (Illustrator), Professor Jack Zipes (Translator)
The incredibly intricate and vivid illustrations in this book are details of a modern quilt inspired by Sibylle von Olfers' classic storybook "Mother Earth and Her Children. "This vibrant new translation, in turn inspired by the quilt, explores the changing of the seasons and delicately touches upon the circle of life. When Mother Earth calls her ...
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Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
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Professor Jack Zipes
Breaking the Magic Spell, first published in 1979, is a landmark in the field, and this revised, expanded, and updated edition will be invaluable to scholars and students. Folk and fairy tales pervade the everyday world to such a degree that we are sometimes unaware of their enormous influence on our behavior. In the seven essays in Breaking the ...
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The Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights
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Anonymous, Jack Zipes (Editor), Sir Richard Francis Burton (Translator)
Bawdy and exotic, "Arabian Nights, " feature the wily, seductive Scheherazade, who saves her own life by telling tales of magical transformation, genies and wishes, flying carpets and fantastical journeys, terror and passion to entertain and appease the brutal King Shahryar. First introduced in the West in 1704, the stories of "The Thousand and ...
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Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The Traditions in English
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Professor Jack Zipes (Editor), Lissa Paul (Editor), Professor Lynne Vallone (Editor)
This new Norton Anthology traces the remarkable innovation and enduring pleasures of children's literature. It includes 170 authors and illustrators of alphabets and animal fables, fairy tales and fantasy, picture books and nursery verse, among many other genres.
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm All-New Third Edition
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Johnny Gruelle (Illustrator), Professor Jack Zipes (Translator)
The brothers Grimm--Wilhelm and Jacob--devoted their lives to collecting these German legends, originally published in 1812 as CHILDREN'S AND HOUSEHOLD TALES. They include such classics as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
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Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Jack Zipes (Translator), Wilhelm Karl Grimm (Photographer)
The brothers Grimm--Wilhelm and Jacob--devoted their lives to collecting these German legends, originally published in 1812 as CHILDREN'S AND HOUSEHOLD TALES. They include such classics as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
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Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England
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Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization
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Professor Jack Zipes
The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until "Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion" little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and collectors of tales used traditional forms and genres in order to shape children's lives -- their behavior, values, and ...
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Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter
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Professor Jack Zipes
Noted translator and scholar of the Brothers Grimm, author Zipes turns the prevailing assumptions about children's literature into grist for a sure-to-be-controversial thesis. Zipes contend that most books for children, from 19th-century moral tales to Harry Potter, inhibit, rather than cultivate, a child's creativity and intelligence.
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The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
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Hermann Hesse, Professor Jack Zipes (Translator)
A collection a fairy tales, many containing a strong satirical edge, written for adults by the celebrated author of "Siddhartha" and "Steppenwolf".
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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm
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Professor Jack Zipes (Editor)
With over 100 fairy tales from around the world--many appearing in an English translation for the first time--this anthology features familiar tales like those from the Brothers Grimm, alongside many little-known stories. Features, in addition, author biographies and critical essays
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The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
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Professor Jack Zipes (Editor)
Strikingly illustrated with 70 pictures, from early engravings to 20th-century film stills, this authoritative reference is an essential companion for everyone who loves fairy tales and storytelling.
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Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World
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Kathleen Ragan (Editor), Professor Jack Zipes (Introduction by)
Inspired by the residual fear and need for stories of resilience following 9/11, the editor scoured the globe and collected 64 tales that respond to fear in its wide variety of incarnations, arranging them thematically around topics such as the nature of fear and courage, the importance of laughter, and the need for hope.
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Peter Pan: Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
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James Matthew Barrie, Professor Jack Zipes (Introduction by)
Peter Pan, the "boy who would not grow up," originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barrie's sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying by hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy ...
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Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
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Various, Professor Jack Zipes (Editor)
Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, and more. Illustrated.
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The Arabian Nights, Volume II
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Anonymous, Professor Jack Zipes (Editor), Sir Richard Francis Burton (Translator)
An unexpurgated edition of Richard Burton's classic translation of "The Thousand and One Nights."
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The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, Second Edition
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Professor Jack Zipes
Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, one of the more astute critics of fairy tales, explores the romantic myth of the brothers as wandering scholars, who gathered "authentic" tales from the peasantry. Bringing to bear his own critical expertise as well and new biographical information, ...
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Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales
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Jack Zipes
"A succulent array of two dozen 17th- and 18th-century 'salon' fairy tales . . . Mr. Zipes in his translation has done a terrific job of reinventing the mannered elegance of the French salons without condescension or archness . . . a scintillating performance".--The New York Times Book Review. Line drawings throughout.
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Spells of Enchantment: 2the Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
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Various, Professor Jack Zipes (Editor)
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Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenback
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Professor Jack Zipes (Editor), Joellyn Rock (Illustrator)
Collected by Laura Gonzenbach, this anthology of Sicilian folk and fairy tales is now translated into English for the first time.
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Johnny Gruelle (Illustrator), Professor Jack Zipes (Translator)
The brothers Grimm--Wilhelm and Jacob--devoted their lives to collecting these German legends, originally published in 1812 as CHILDREN'S AND HOUSEHOLD TALES. They include such classics as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Sleeping Beauty," "Snow White," and "Rumpelstiltskin."
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Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
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Peter Libby
Hundreds of world authorities on cardiology synthesize recent developments that are revolutionizing practice--from the newest findings in molecular biology and genetics to the latest imaging modalities, interventional procedures, and medications. This multimedia e-dition includes not only the printed reference, but also access to the complete ...
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Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as F.T.-Pa
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Professor Jack Zipes
In this lively work, the author explores the historical rise of the literary fairy tale as genre in the late seventeenth century and examines the ideological relationship of classic fairy tales to domination and oppression in western society.
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Arabian nights : a selection
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Sir Richard Burton, Jack Zipes
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The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories
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Gianni Rodari, Jack Zipes (Translator), Herbert R Kohl (Foreword by)
The Italian writer Gianni Rodari was not only the author of many beloved children's books who was awarded the prestigious Andersen Prize, he was also an educator and activist who truly understood the power of the imaginative life. In this delightful classic -- now translated into English for the first time -- Rodari presents numerous and wonderful ...
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