Description:In this book -- the first in more than fifty years to treat the entire body of Grimms' Tales -- Ruth B. Bottigheimer provides a thorough analysis of the stories' content, focusing in particular on the matter of gender. By combining a sociohistorical examination of the stories with close scrutiny of the language in which they are told, Bottigheimer reveals coherent patterns of motif, plot, and image and brings new insight into the moral and social vision of the collection.Contents: Grimms' Tales and the three-thousand-year tradition --Fairy tales, society, and scholarship --Natural powers and elemental differences --Witches, maidens, and spells --Patterns of speech --"Cinderella" --Paradigms for powerlessness --Prohibitions, transgressions, and punishments --Deaths and executions --Towers, forests, and trees --Spinning and discontent --Work, money, and anti-Semitism --Christian values and Christian narratives --Eroticisim in tradition, text, and image --The moral and social vision of Grimms' Tales.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with [ [ [ Early Ireland[ EARLY IRELAND ] By O'Kelly, Michael J. ( Author )Apr-06-1989 Paperback. To get started finding [ [ [ Early Ireland[ EARLY IRELAND ] By O'Kelly, Michael J. ( Author )Apr-06-1989 Paperback, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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[ [ [ Early Ireland[ EARLY IRELAND ] By O'Kelly, Michael J. ( Author )Apr-06-1989 Paperback
Description: In this book -- the first in more than fifty years to treat the entire body of Grimms' Tales -- Ruth B. Bottigheimer provides a thorough analysis of the stories' content, focusing in particular on the matter of gender. By combining a sociohistorical examination of the stories with close scrutiny of the language in which they are told, Bottigheimer reveals coherent patterns of motif, plot, and image and brings new insight into the moral and social vision of the collection.Contents: Grimms' Tales and the three-thousand-year tradition --Fairy tales, society, and scholarship --Natural powers and elemental differences --Witches, maidens, and spells --Patterns of speech --"Cinderella" --Paradigms for powerlessness --Prohibitions, transgressions, and punishments --Deaths and executions --Towers, forests, and trees --Spinning and discontent --Work, money, and anti-Semitism --Christian values and Christian narratives --Eroticisim in tradition, text, and image --The moral and social vision of Grimms' Tales.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with [ [ [ Early Ireland[ EARLY IRELAND ] By O'Kelly, Michael J. ( Author )Apr-06-1989 Paperback. To get started finding [ [ [ Early Ireland[ EARLY IRELAND ] By O'Kelly, Michael J. ( Author )Apr-06-1989 Paperback, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.