Tales That Entail
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English Fairy Tales
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Author : Joseph Jacobs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06-23
English Fairy Tales written by Joseph Jacobs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-23 with categories.
Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own? The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country. It is probable that many more exist. A quarter of the tales in this volume, have been collected during the last ten years or so, and some of them have not been hitherto published. Up to 1870 it was equally said of France and of Italy, that they possessed no folk-tales. Yet, within fifteen years from that date, over 1000 tales had been collected in each country. I am hoping that the present volume may lead to equal activity in this country, and would earnestly beg any reader of this book who knows of similar tales, to communicate them, written down as they are told, to me, care of Mr. Nutt. The only reason, I imagine, why such tales have not hitherto been brought to light, is the lamentable gap between the governing and recording classes and the dumb working classes of this country-dumb to others but eloquent among themselves. It would be no unpatriotic task to help to bridge over this gulf, by giving a common fund of nursery literature to all classes of the English people, and, in any case, it can do no harm to add to the innocent gaiety of the nation. A word or two as to our title seems necessary. We have called our stories Fairy Tales though few of them speak of fairies. [Footnote: For some recent views on fairies and tales about fairies, see Notes.] The same remark applies to the collection of the Brothers Grimm and to all the other European collections, which contain exactly the same classes of tales as ours. Yet our stories are what the little ones mean when they clamour for "Fairy Tales," and this is the only name which they give to them. One cannot imagine a child saying, "Tell us a folk-tale, nurse," or "Another nursery tale, please, grandma." As our book is intended for the little ones, we have indicated its contents by the name they use. The words "Fairy Tales" must accordingly be taken to include tales in which occurs something "fairy," something extraordinary-fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. It must be taken also to cover tales in which what is extraordinary is the stupidity of some of the actors. Many of the tales in this volume, as in similar collections for other European countries, are what the folklorists call Drolls. They serve to justify the title of Merrie England, which used to be given to this country of ours, and indicate unsuspected capacity for fun and humour among the unlettered classes. The story of Tom Tit Tot, which opens our collection, is unequalled among all other folk-tales I am acquainted with, for its combined sense of humour and dramatic power. The first adjective of our title also needs a similar extension of its meaning. I have acted on Moli�re's principle, and have taken what was good wherever I could find it. Thus, a couple of these stories have been found among descendants of English immigrants in America; a couple of others I tell as I heard them myself in my youth in Australia. One of the best was taken down from the mouth of an English Gipsy. I have also included some stories that have only been found in Lowland Scotch. I have felt justified in doing this, as of the twenty-one folk-tales contained in Chambers' "Popular Rhymes of Scotland," no less than sixteen are also to be found in an English form. With the Folk-tale as with the Ballad, Lowland Scotch may be regarded as simply a dialect of English, and it is a mere chance whether a tale is extant in one or other, or both. I have also rescued and re-told a few Fairy Tales that only exist now-a-days in the form of ballads. There are certain indications that the "common form" of the English Fairy Tale was the cante-fable, a mixture of narrative and verse of which the most illustrious example in literature is "Aucassin et Nicolette."
The Entail In Tales Of Hoffmann Selected And Translated With An Introduction By R J Hollingdale With The Assistance Of Stella And Vernon Humphries And Sally Hayward Penguin Classics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Entail In Tales Of Hoffmann Selected And Translated With An Introduction By R J Hollingdale With The Assistance Of Stella And Vernon Humphries And Sally Hayward Penguin Classics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
Fairy Tales Their Origin And Meaning
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Author : John Thackray Bunce
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-04-25
Fairy Tales Their Origin And Meaning written by John Thackray Bunce and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-25 with Family & Relationships categories.
This book traces the origins and the evolutions of many popular children stories; the history and hidden meaning of the world's greatest fairy tales. There are tales we heard as children that we tell to our children, but where did they come from. More importantly what do they mean? An excellent resource for anyone interested in children's literature or world folklore.
Re Orienting The Fairy Tale
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Author : Mayako Murai
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-25
Re Orienting The Fairy Tale written by Mayako Murai and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Readers will find inspiration and new directions in the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches to fairy tales provided by Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale.
German Stories Rolandsitten Or The Deed Of Entail
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Author : Robert Pearse Gillies
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
German Stories Rolandsitten Or The Deed Of Entail written by Robert Pearse Gillies and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.
The Tales Of Belkin By A S Pu Kin
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Author : Jan van der Eng
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-03-22
The Tales Of Belkin By A S Pu Kin written by Jan van der Eng and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
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Magic Tales And Fairy Tale Magic
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Author : R. Bottigheimer
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-07-01
Magic Tales And Fairy Tale Magic written by R. Bottigheimer and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with Religion categories.
This book examines magic's generally maleficent effect on humans from ancient Egypt through the Middle Ages, including tales from classical mythology, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures. It shows that certain magical motifs lived on from age to age, but that it took until the Italian Renaissance for magic tales to become fairy tales.
Grimm S Fairy Tales
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Author : Grimm Brothers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-08
Grimm S Fairy Tales written by Grimm Brothers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-08 with categories.
TO our American boys and girls is offered this volume which is really Grimm's Fairy Tales, not an abridgment superficial and colorless, nor an insipid retelling of the stories.This edition is based on the Hunt version, with an introduction by the folk-lorist, Andrew Lang. The Hunt version is considered a most accurate English translation.From the full collection, fifty-one stories suitable for children have been selected. Among these are famous tales as well as many delightful ones not usually included in children's volumes.Where the Hunt wording is too stilted, the text of the Hausmärchen itself has been followed. The very long sentences have been subdivided. While that quaint old-fashioned translation, illustrated with woodcuts by Wehnert, has contributed its bit of folk phraseology. The Editor's desire is to restore to the children as large a collection as possible of Grimm's Fairy Tales unmutilated in their literary perfection.The illustrations are by the well-known Dutch artist, Mrs. Rie Cramer. Some of Rie Cramer's other fairy tale pictures published in England, are said by admiring critics there, to be very charming, of exceptional merit, and to have high artistic merit of their own.Her illustrations for Grimm are particularly harmonious in color, while their quaint charm grows on one more and more as one lives with them. They are fanciful or humorous. They have the quality, rare in fairy tales, of actually illustrating their text. This will mean added pleasure to the children. Rie Cramer's little black and white headings are particularly pretty and graceful in outline.The tales are presented here in their original form, with nothing left out of child-heartedness, humor, poetic feeling, and delicate sentiment and fancy. Indeed, it is all here-the poesy and purity which those profound and child-loving scholars, the Brothers Grimm, retained in the old folk-tales which, with so much pains, they gathered largely from among the peasant-folk themselves.And the Brothers explained, in their preface, that they had planned the volume as an educational book as well as one for scholars; for which reason they had eliminated everything which they feared might harm the children. But since the Brothers issued their book, about a hundred years ago, educational requirements of what is ethically best for children have materially advanced. Therefore, in this book, a few other parts unsuitable for children have been omitted.So now this volume of Grimm's Fairy Tales is offered to our American boys and girls; and may they have continued delight in the beautiful old folk-fictions, which have come down to us from the fresh and sparkling meadows and woods of ancient days.Fathers and mothers, too, will enjoy reading the tales aloud and sharing with the children the humor and the deep but simple ethical truths so tenderly and poetically set forth therein.Teachers and story-tellers, also, may find in this sincere version, rich material for kindling the imagination and feeding the poetic fancy of their pupils.The Editor, Frances Jenkins Olcott.
Handbook Of Imagination And Culture
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Author : Tania Zittoun
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-01
Handbook Of Imagination And Culture written by Tania Zittoun and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-01 with Psychology categories.
Imagination allows individuals and groups to think beyond the here-and-now, to envisage alternatives, to create parallel worlds, and to mentally travel through time. Imagination is both extremely personal (for example, people imagine unique futures for themselves) and deeply social, as our imagination is fed with media and other shared representations. As a result, imagination occupies a central position within the life of mind and society. Expanding the boundaries of disciplinary approaches, the Handbook of Imagination and Culture expertly illustrates this core role of imagination in the development of children, adolescents, adults, and older persons today. Bringing together leading scholars in sociocultural psychology and neighboring disciplines from around the world, this edited volume guides readers towards a much deeper understanding of the conditions of imagining, its resources, its constraints, and the consequences it has on different groups of people in different domains of society. Summarily, this Handbook places imagination at the center, and offers readers new ways to examine old questions regarding the possibility of change, development, and innovation in modern society.
Tales Of Mean Streets
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Author : Arthur Morrison
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-08-05
Tales Of Mean Streets written by Arthur Morrison and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-05 with Fiction categories.
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