Research Catalog

Title

Selected tales / Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm ; translated with an introduction and notes by Joyce Crick.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863
• Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859
• Crick, Joyce.

Description

lix, 344 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

This collection of classic tales also includes some of the less well-known fables, morality tales and comic stories, and an exploration of the origins of the stories and their literary evolution.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

• Kinder- und Hausmärchen. Selections. English
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Subject

• Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 > Translations into English
• Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 > Translations into English
• Fairy tales > Germany

Genre/Form

Translations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [liii]-lvi).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Frog King, or Iron Henry -- 2. Cat and mouse as partners -- 3. Our lady's child -- 4. The tale of the boy who set out to learn fear -- 5. The wolf and the seven little goats -- 6. Faithful John -- 7. The good bargain -- 8. The twelve brothers -- 9. The pack of no-good, low-life ruffians -- 10. Little brother and little sister -- 11. Rapunzel -- 12. The three little men in the forest -- 13. Hansel and Gretel -- 14. The tale of the fisherman and his wife -- 15. The brave little tailor -- 16. Ashypet -- 17. The tale of the mouse, the bird, and the sausage -- 18. Mother Holle of the snow -- 19. The seven ravens -- 20. Little redcap -- 21. The Bremen town band -- 22. The singing bone.

ISBN

0192804790 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004029386

OCLC

• 57211205
• SCSB-12065850

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library