Once Upon a Time - On the Nature of Fairy Tales

"Lüthi's lucid and intelligent book is refreshingly welcome." -Sewanee Review

List of contents

Introduction

1 Sleeping Beauty

The Meaning and Form of Fairy Tales

2 The Seven Sleepers

Saint's Legend-Local Legend-Fairy Tale

3 The Dragon Slayer

The Style of the Fairy Tale

4 The Uses of Fairy Tales

Cinderella-Hansel and Gretel-The While Snake

5 The Little Earth-Cow

Symbolism in the Fairy Tale

6 The Living Doll

Local Legend and Fairy Tale

7 Animal Stories

A Glimpse of the Tales of Primitive Peoples

8 Rapunzel

The Fairy Tale as Representation of a Maturation Process

9 The Riddle Princess

Cunning , Jest and Sagacity

10 The Fairy-Tale Hero

The Image of Man in the Fairy Tale

11 The Miracle in Literature

Reference Notes

Index

About the author

Max Luthi

Summary

Survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres may be read.

Product details

• Authors: Lee Chadeayne, Paul Gottwald, Max Luthi
• Assisted by: Francis L. Utley (Editor), Lee Chadeayne (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1976
• EAN: 9780253202031
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20203-1
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 208 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore