The Classic Fairy Tales3 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1980 Fairy tales as they were first printed in the English lang. + One of my favorite books of all time + An invaluable reference I first read this book in 1983, and was amazed with it then. It's unique and extremely interesting. Iona and Peter Opie have the original tales as first printed in the English language. Added to that is the history and the actual gruesome origins of what we now consider children's stories! For ...             Little Red Riding Hood: A Casebook Alan Dundes University of Wisconsin Press, 1989             The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood, Second Edition1 review Routledge, 1993 intriguing! This is a fascinating look at how one story changes through the course of time. Zipes presents many versions of "Little Red" -- and each change represents a change in the ideas of the storyteller and his or her time and the needs of the listener. Observing the story's progression through the last ...             Recycling Red Riding Hood (Children's Literature and Culture (Routledge (Firm)), 23.) Sandra Beckett Routledge, 2002 Building on several years of research that included an examination of children's literature texts in 140 languages, Sandra Beckett introduces the retelling of the Red Riding Hood story in the general context of fairy tale intertextuality, a topic that has received very little attention in children's literature sespite its widespread application to adult literature. She demonstartes the ways ...             Beauty and the Beast: And Other Classic French Fairy Tales5 reviews Various Signet Classics, 1997 Great collection of French fairy tales + The Best Collection I Have Ever Read + From Marketing to Marked: How to Win Maidens Fair + Classic fairy tales--and some others. + Entertaining and Informative             The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Editions)10 reviews W. W. Norton, 1999 A Guide to Fairy Tales + Excellent + Just what she needed + A Reference in the Genre + The Basis For Many Fairytales             Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale17 reviews Catherine Orenstein Basic Books, 2002 The morphology of a fairy tale + great for anyone interested in the context behind the story + fantastic + Red is dead long live, uh, red             The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales18 reviews W. W. Norton & Company, 2002 Another outstanding book in the Annotated Classics Series! + Surprisingly interesting beyond the fairy tales + Wonderful gift + A Great Gift             Language and Gender in the Fairy Tale Tradition: A Linguistic Analysis of Old and New Story-telling2 reviews Alessandra Levorato Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 Fairy Tales, Linguistics, and Feminism Recently, Catherine Orenstein authored a book about Little Red Riding Hood through the ages, titled 'Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked', studying the tale's influence in popular culture and vice versa. The book made great armchair reading for anyone slightly interested in the subject. Now ...             New Tales for Old: Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults2 reviews Gail de Vos, Anna E. Altmann Libraries Unlimited, 1999 Great resource for teachers and librarians I have been looking for a great resource for school teachers and librarians teaching folklore and fairy tales to students. I think I finally found it. While much of the information in this book is not new, it has been conveniently gathered from several sources to help teachers find the ...             Fairy Tale in the Ancient World1 review Graham Anderson Routledge, 2000 Connecting Fairy Tales with the Classics Having had this book in my personal collection for a few years now, I cannot praise it highly enough. As any folklorist knows, similar story threads exist across cultures and time. Why does this happen? One influence may have been the classic mythology from the Greeks and Romans. Graham ...             The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales24 reviews Bruno Bettelheim Vintage, 1989 A classic psychoanalytical view of fairy tales + Heroism and the Existential Predicament of life + For fairy tale fans and Freud students + Insights from a new perspective             From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers9 reviews Marina Warner Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996 Excellent + From the Beast to the Blonde on Fairy Tales and Their Tellers + Fab Find for Fairy Tale Fans + One of My Favorites + There is witchcraft in your voice ...             The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning Of Fairy Tales12 reviews Sheldon Cashdan Basic Books, 2000 The Witch Must Die by Sheldon Cashdan Cashdan, Sheldon. 1999. The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales. New York: Basic Books. Author Sheldon Cashdan's parents read the more popular fairy tales such as Hansel and Gretel and Jack in the Beanstalk to him as a child. Still, he admits his most vivid childhood memories of ...             Language and Gender in the Fairy Tale Tradition: A Linguistic Analysis of Old and New Story-telling2 reviews Alessandra Levorato Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 Fairy Tales, Linguistics, and Feminism Recently, Catherine Orenstein authored a book about Little Red Riding Hood through the ages, titled 'Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked', studying the tale's influence in popular culture and vice versa. The book made great armchair reading for anyone slightly interested in the subject. Now ...             The Classic Fairy Tales3 reviews Iona Opie, Peter Opie Oxford University Press, USA, 1980 Fairy tales as they were first printed in the English lang. + One of my favorite books of all time + An invaluable reference I first read this book in 1983, and was amazed with it then. It's unique and extremely interesting. Iona and Peter Opie have the original tales as first printed in the English language. Added to that is the history and the actual gruesome origins of what we now consider children's stories! For ...             The Classic Fairy Tales (Norton Critical Editions)10 reviews W. W. Norton, 1999 A Guide to Fairy Tales + Excellent + Just what she needed + A Reference in the Genre + The Basis For Many Fairytales             Recycling Red Riding Hood (Children's Literature and Culture (Routledge (Firm)), 23.) Sandra Beckett Routledge, 2002 Building on several years of research that included an examination of children's literature texts in 140 languages, Sandra Beckett introduces the retelling of the Red Riding Hood story in the general context of fairy tale intertextuality, a topic that has received very little attention in children's literature sespite its widespread application to adult literature. She demonstartes the ways ...             The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood, Second Edition1 review Routledge, 1993 intriguing! This is a fascinating look at how one story changes through the course of time. Zipes presents many versions of "Little Red" -- and each change represents a change in the ideas of the storyteller and his or her time and the needs of the listener. Observing the story's progression through the last ...             Beauty and the Beast: And Other Classic French Fairy Tales5 reviews Various Signet Classics, 1997 Great collection of French fairy tales + The Best Collection I Have Ever Read + From Marketing to Marked: How to Win Maidens Fair + Classic fairy tales--and some others. + Entertaining and Informative