The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales

Murphy, SJ, G. Ronald

ISBN 10: 0195151690 / ISBN 13: 9780195151695

Edité par Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2000

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"Wilhelm Grimm has found a worthy modern exposotpr-almost a brother-in Ron Murphy, whose gifts of research, sympathetic insight, and ecumenical religious imagination mirror those of.Eilhelm himself. Father Murphy's archival discoveries have allowed him to reconstruct Wilhelm's generous religious mentality, and his new readings of the tales in view of this mindset will come as a revelation to professional students of the Grimm's tales and to the general reader alike." {Joseph Harris}. This book has 189 pages. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. The previous owner's name has been stamped twice to the title page. N° de réf. du vendeur 041888

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Titre : The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The ...

Éditeur : Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Date d'édition : 2000

Reliure : Pictorial Softcover

Etat : Fine

Edition : First Paperback Printing

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Book by Murphy G Ronald

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The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are among the best known and most widely-read stories in western literature. In recent years commentators such as Bruno Bettelheim have, usually from a psychological perspective, pondered the underlying meaning of the stories, why children are so enthralled by them, and what effect they have on the developing child. In this book, Ronald Murphy takes five of the best-known tales ("Hansel and Gretel," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Sleeping Beauty") and shows that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. Murphy examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention. His own readings of the five so-called "magical" tales reveal them as the beautiful and inspiring "documents of faith" that the Grimms meant them to be. Offering an entirely new perspective on these often-analyzed tales, Murphy's book will appeal to those concerned with the moral and religious education of children, to students and scholars of folk literature and children's literature, and to the many general readers who are captivated by fairy tales and their meanings.