THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (Midland Book MD-173)

David, Alfred; Meek, Mary Elizabeth (Compilers)

ISBN 10: 025320173X / ISBN 13: 9780253201737

Edité par Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, IN, 1974

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Text/As New. Illustrated softcover/VG; strong w/faint creasings to corner tips, edge rubs & inking to upper front left, and trace soiling/discoloration. Same ink scrawl to first title page, inked date to contents page. Collection of 24 classic fairy tales, of which 22 of the translations are newly rendered in the modern idiom while preserving flavors of orginals. Collection ranges from the Grimm Brothers, Andersen, to Oscar Wilde and James Thurber. Strong copy despite flaws.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES AND OTHER FAIRY TALES (Midland Book MD-173)
• Éditeur: Indiana Univ Press, Bloomington, IN
• Date de parution: 1974
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 025320173X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780253201737
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: First Edition, 6th Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: None as Issued
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Anthology
  • Fantasy, Fables
  • Fiction, Novel, Short Story

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Synopsis

Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek have compiled a collection of fairy tales that ranges from the Grimm brothers' inimitable recreations of archetypal folktales to the modern prose charm of James Thurber's Many Moons. The appeal of the stories is wide and varied: the refined intelligence of Perrault, the wondrous imagination of Andersen, the descriptive power of Ruskin, the bittersweet melancholy of Wilde. These are but a few of the artists represented in this remarkably inclusive selection of works from Germany, Russia, France, Scandinavia, England, and America. Many are in new translations in the modern idiom and all testify eloquently to the unceasing vitality of this literary genre.