Owl, the Raven, and the Dove - The Religious Meaning of the Grimms'' Magic Fairy Tales

Zusatztext Murphy has added several dazzling layers of meaning to the tales. Informationen zum Autor Ronald Murphy is George M. Roth Distinguished Professor of German at Georgetown University. Klappentext The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are among the best known and most widely-read stories in western literature. In recent years commentators such as Bruno Bettelheim have, usually from a psychological perspective, pondered the underlying meaning of the stories, why children are soenthralled by them, and what effect they have on the the best-known tales (Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty) and shows that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. Murphy examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, anddemonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention. His own readings of the five so-called "magical" tales reveal them as the beautiful and inspiring "documents of faith" that the Grimms meant them to be. Offering an entirely new perspective on these often-analyzed tales, Murphy's book will appeal to those concerned with the moral and religious education of children, to students and scholars of folk literature and children's literature, and to the many general readers who are captivated by fairytales and their meanings. Zusammenfassung In this book, Ronald Murphy takes five of the best-known story tales ("Hansel and Gretel", "Little Red Riding Hood", "Cinderella", "Snow White", and "Sleeping Beauty") and shows that the Grimm brothers saw them as Christian fables.

Product details

• Authors: G. Ronald Murphy, G.Ronald Murphy, Murphy G. Ronald
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780195151695
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515169-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Germany, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Folklore, myths & legends, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, Folklore studies / Study of myth