Academic Studies of Fairy Tales and Folklore

Descrizione
A list of non-fiction books, collections or essays on the study of fairy tales and folklore. Books focused on the genre as a whole or on a specific tale or type.
1
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre
di Jack Zipes
136 utenti
½ 4.5
3 Members
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2
Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre
di Jack Zipes
89 utenti
5
2 Members
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3
Il mondo incantato: uso, importanza e significati psicoanalitici delle fiabe
di Bruno Bettelheim
3,122 utenti
30 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
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4
The hard facts of the Grimms' fairy tales
di Maria Tatar
374 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
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5
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
di Marina Warner
915 utenti
7 recensioni
4
Member
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6
Cinderella: A Casebook
di Alan Dundes
94 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.6
Member
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7
Folklore in the English and Scottish Ballads
di Lowry Charles Wimberly
31 utenti
½ 2.3
Member
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8
The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained
di William Stuart Baring-Gould
628 utenti
10 recensioni
4.1
Member
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Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Perhaps not academic, but at least seemingly scholarly research & annotations.
9
Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
di Jan Harold Brunvand
546 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
Member
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Spiegazioni
bluepiano: Collection of & commentary on folklore in the making. Scholarship for the non-academic.
10
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
di Jack Zipes
216 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
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12
The Classic Fairy Tales
di Iona Opie
730 utenti
9 recensioni
4
Member
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13
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning Of Fairy Tales
di Sheldon Cashdan
261 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
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14
Little Red Riding Hood: A Casebook
di Alan Dundes
43 utenti
1 recensione
3
Member
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15
The Fairy Tellers
di Nicholas Jubber
116 utenti
5 recensioni
3.9
Member
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16
Grimms` Bad Girls and Bold Boys: The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales
di Ruth B. Bottigheimer
66 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Member
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17
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales
di Valerie Paradiz
289 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
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18
Fairy Tales Reimagined: Essays on New Retellings
di Susan Redington Bobby
26 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
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19
Fairy Tales: A New History
di Ruth B. Bottigheimer
76 utenti
4
Member
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20
A Companion to the Fairy Tale
di Hilda Ellis Davidson
33 utenti
4
Member
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22
Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
di Maria Tatar
206 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
Member
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23
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
di Kate Bernheimer
298 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
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25
Fairy Tale and Film: Old Tales with a New Spin
di Sue Short
5 utenti
Member
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26
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale
di Marina Warner
367 utenti
10 recensioni
3.8
27
Children into Swans: Fairy Tales and the Pagan Imagination
di Jan Beveridge
21 utenti
1 recensione