Fairest of Them All - Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters

Versions of the Snow White story have been shared across the world for centuries. Acclaimed folklorist and translator Maria Tatar places the well-known editions of Walt Disney and the Brothers Grimm alongside other tellings, inviting readers to experience anew a beloved fantasy of melodrama and imagination.

About the author

Maria Tatar is the author of Enchanted Hunters, the editor and translator of annotated editions of works by Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, and the editor of an annotated edition of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. She is the John L. Loeb Research Professor of Folklore and Mythology and Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows.

Summary

Versions of the Snow White story have been shared across the world for centuries. Acclaimed folklorist and translator Maria Tatar places the well-known editions of Walt Disney and the Brothers Grimm alongside other tellings, inviting readers to experience anew a beloved fantasy of melodrama and imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Tatar, Tatar Maria
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780674271128
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27112-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Guides > Spirituality > Ancient knowledge, ancient cultures; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Myth & legend told as fiction, Literary studies: general, Literary reference works, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales