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Zusatztext "Readers of Grimm Legacies are the winners here. While many fairy tales in German and English-speaking countries (the focus of his study) clearly disappoint Zipes, others just as clearly delight him and are sure to inspire many others to read some of these books themselves." ---Adrienne Kertzer, European Legacy Informationen zum Autor Jack Zipes is the translator and editor of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Princeton)! the editor of The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales (Hackett)! and the author of Why Fairy Tales Stick ! among many other books. He is professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. Klappentext 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. With erudition and verve! Grimm Legacies examines the lasting universal influence of two brothers and their collected tales on today's storytelling world. Zusammenfassung 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--t Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures ix Preface: Legacies and Cultural Heritage xi Introduction The Vibrant Body of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales! Which Do Not Belong to the Grimms 1 Chapter One German Popular Stories as Revolutionary Book 33 Chapter Two Hyping the Grimms' Fairy Tales 58 Chapter Three Americanization of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales: Twists and Turns of History 78 Chapter Four Two Hundred Years after Once Upon a Time: The Legacy of the Brothers Grimm and Their Tales in Germany 109 Chapter Five How Superheroes Made Their Way into the World of Fairy Tales: The Appeal of Cooperation and Collective Action from the Greek Myths to the Grimms' Tales and Beyond 131 Chapter Six The Grimmness of Contemporary Fairy Tales: Exploring the Legacy of the Brothers Grimm in the Twenty-First Century 152 Epilogue A Curious Legacy: Ernst Bloch's Enlightened View of the Fairy Tale and Utopian Longing! or Why the Grimms' Tales Will Always Be Relevant 187 Appendix: "About Pincaruolo's Good Feat!" by Giovanni Sercambi 197 Notes 205 Bibliography 219 Filmography 247 Index 255 ...
