Franz Xaver von Schönwerth (1810–1886)
Autore di The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Sull'Autore
Opere di Franz Xaver von Schönwerth
White as Milk, Red as Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth (2018) 64 copie
Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection: Original bayerische Volksmärchen – Ausgewählte… (2014) 28 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- von Schönwerth, Franz Xaver
- Nome legale
- von Schönwerth, Franz Xaver
- Data di nascita
- 1810-07-16
- Data di morte
- 1886-05-24
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Alter Nordfriedhof, Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Bavarian
- Nazione (per mappa)
- Germany
- Luogo di nascita
- Amberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Luogo di morte
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 551
- Popolarità
- #45,290
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 2
One thing that interested me is how a decent proportion feature a noble treating the protagonist unbelievably badly, imprisoning them on a ridiculous pretext and threatening to kill them, and then the happy ending is them being like "oh ok actually you're fine" and then say marrying their daughter or whatever. Hard to explain but it's a weird theme.
There are a couple of stories in here that really seem out of step with the others.
There's also one about a tailor who moves to a village with his mum. For some reason the rest of the villagers take a big disliking to them (vaguely implied cause they're rich and idle or something) and so the men collectively decide to murder the tailor. The tailor susses out their plan and lets his mum get murdered in his place, then does some shenanigans with the body. He then murders EVERY MAN IN THE VILLAGE through drowning them iirc. The story ends with him just going off to another village. It's so weirdly violent and amoral and there's no justification given at all.
Which is fascinating
I'd only recommend it if you're really interested in the wider history of fairy tales and their variations - it's very readable but there's only a few unusual tales here.… (altro)