The tales—116 in all—are thematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by Jack Zipes, the genre’s reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany the texts. "Criticism" includes seven important assessments of different aspects of the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce, Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, and Jack Zipes. Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are included.
| ISBN: | 9780393976366 |
| Publication date: | 24th January 2001 |
| Author: | Jack (University of Minnesota) Zipes |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1008 pages |
| Series: | Norton Critical Editions |
| Genres: |
Children’s and teenage literature studies: general Folklore, myths and legends Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |