| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
|
|
Kinder- und Hausmärchen. |
|
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Religion.
|
|
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859. |
|
Religion. |
|
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Religion.
|
|
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863. |
|
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.
|
|
Criticism and interpretation. |
|
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation.
|
|
Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 -- Religion. |
|
Fairy tales -- Germany -- Religious aspects.
|
|
Fairy tales. |
|
Germany. |
|
Fairy tales -- Germany.
|
|
Christianity and literature.
|
|
Christianity and literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Added Title |
Owl, the raven, and the dove |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Murphy, G. Ronald, 1938- Owl, the raven & the dove. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 0195136071 0195130235 (DLC) 99042770 (OCoLC)42027502 |
| ISBN |
1423760611 (electronic book) |
|
9781423760610 (electronic book) |
|
9780198031123 (electronic book) |
|
0198031122 (electronic book) |
|
1602569614 |
|
9781602569614 |
|
1280473479 |
|
9781280473470 |
|
9780195136074 (acid-free paper) |
|
0195136071 (acid-free paper) |
|
0195136071 (Cloth) |
|
