| Description |
xi, 207 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Beauty and its shock effect: Figures -- Objects and nature -- Mode of representation -- Music -- The opposites of beauty -- The beautiful as Movens and as Absolutum -- 2. Style and composition: Linearity and isolation -- Formulas -- Structure -- Perfection and imperfection -- Stability and dynamism -- 3. Technical means and artistic effects: Repetition and variation -- Contrasts, polarities, and extremes -- Artistic economy and artistic prodigality -- 4. Interaction of motifs and themes: Motifs and features -- Themes, constellations, and attitudes -- 5. Portrait of man: The fairytale hero -- Secondary figures and props -- Problems |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
|
Translation of: Das Volksmärchen als Dichtung |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) |
| Notes |
Translation of: Das Volksmarchen als Dichtung |
| Subject |
Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
83048897 |
| ISBN |
0253320992 |
|
9780253320995 |
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