BEAUTIES, BEASTS AND ENCHANTMENT: CLASSIC FRENCH FAIRY TALES
A new collection of 36 French fairy tales translated by renowned
writer and authority on fairy tales, Jack Zipes. Cinderella, Beauty
and the Beast, Sleepy Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood are some of
the classic fairy tales in this amazing book.
Includes illustrations from fairy tale collections.
'Terrific... a succulent array of 17th and 18th century 'salon'
fairy tales'
- The New York Times Book Review
'These tales are adventurous, thrilling in a way fairy tales are
meant to be... The translation from the French is modern, happily
free of archaic and hyperbolic language... a fine and sophisticated
collection'
- New York Tribune
'Enjoyable to read... a unique collection of French regional
folklore'
- Library Journal
'Charming stories accompanied by attractive pen-and-ink
drawings'
- Chattanooga Times
'An excellent collection'
- Booklist.
JACK ZIPES is professor emeritus of German and comparative
literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his
scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and
has worked with children's theaters in Europe and the United
States.
Some of Jack Zipes' major publications include Breaking the
Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales (1979), Fairy
Tales and the Art of Subversion (1983, rev. ed. 2006), Don't Bet On
the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and
England (1986), The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the
Modern World (1988), Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of
Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2000),
Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama For Children (2004),
Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller (2005), and
Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre
(2006).
Jack Zipes has also translated The Complete Fairy Tales of the
Brothers Grimm (1987) and edited The Oxford Companion to Fairy
Tales (2000), and The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (2001). Most
recently he has translated and edited The Folk and Fairy Tales of
Giuseppe Pitre (2008) and Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales
(2008) by Kurt Schwitters.
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