| Description |
149 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics ; v. 53 |
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Berkeley insights in linguistics and semiotics ; v. 53
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| Contents |
1. In the beginning -- 2. Bruder Grimm : Der Konig vom goldenen Berg -- The king of the golden mountain -- 3. A yearning at the heart of terror : language and psyche in "The king of the golden mountain" -- 4. Bruder Grimm : Der glaserne Sarg -- The glass coffin -- 5. Skins of a tale : "The glass coffin" -- 6. Between dream and wakefulness : the female protagonist in "The glass coffin" -- 7. Bruder Grimm : Der treue Johannes -- Faithful Johannes -- 8. The idiom of passion : "Faithful Johannes" -- 9. Bruder Grimm : Von dem Machandelboom -- The Juniper tree -- 10. Eating and giving birth : "The Juniper tree" -- 11. Ending |
| Summary |
"Questioning culturally predetermined consolidations of childhood experience, this study focuses on memory and affect on the verge of linguistic formulation. Fairy tale plots frequently function as cover-ups of a deeply rooted violence that expresses itself through sensibilities of the skin and in presymbolically charged cataclysms. In a narrative borderland, early linguistic and psychic events reemerge with primordial force. Split into seemingly irreconcilable opposites, good and evil engage in warfare with each other; cannibalism and infanticide take hold of family life. Four tales are presented here as related in 1857 by the Brothers Grimm, along with new translations. Through in-depth readings of these intricately interpersonal texts, this inquiry explores a frightful silence."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes the texts in English and German of Der König vom goldenen Berg, Der gläserne Sarg, Der treue Johannes, and Von dem Machandelboom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-142) and index |
| Subject |
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Kinder- und Hausmärchen. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81062949
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| Subject |
Fairy tales -- Germany -- History and criticism.
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Children in literature.
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| LC no. |
2002022499 |
| ISBN |
0820456551 alkaline paper |
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