Description |
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
OUP E-Books
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Contents |
One: The Roots of Spiritual Stories; two: Scholars and the Religious Spirit of the Tales; three: The Spirituality of Wilhelm Grimm; four: Hansel and Gretel; five: Little Red Riding Hood; six: Cinderella; seven: Snow White; eight: Sleeping Beauty; nine: Afterword; Appendix A: The Verses Marked by Wilhelm Grimm in His Greek New Testament; Appendix B: Little Red Riding Hood, 1st edition, 1812; Appendix C: Yggdrasil, the Cross, and the Christmas Tree; Select Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Religion
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Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Religion
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Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 fast |
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 fast |
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Kinder- und Hausmärchen. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062949
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Kinder- und Hausmärchen fast |
Subject |
Fairy tales -- Germany -- Religious aspects
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Fairy tales -- Germany
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Christianity and literature.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Christianity and literature
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Fairy tales
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Religion
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Germany
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
99042770 |
ISBN |
1423760611 |
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9781423760610 |
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9780198031123 |
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0198031122 |
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1602569614 |
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9781602569614 |
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1280473479 |
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9781280473470 |
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9780195136074 |
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0195136071 |
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9786610473472 |
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6610473471 |
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