Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales

by Jack D. Zipes

Book Overview

In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present. Zipes reveals how the Grimms came to play a pivotal and unusual role in the evolution of Western folklore and in the history of the most significant cultural genre in the world--the fairy tale.

Folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm sought to discover and preserve a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173672
• ISBN13: 9780691173672
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"