<p>"Wilson’s playful paratexts and advice to readers that they must each discover the truth of a tale themselves make it evident that her priority is not presenting texts as a folklorist would but giving readers permission to engage them imaginatively on their own terms. After all, Wilson was not a scholar but a novelist—one possessing a mind that was not only erudite but also playful. Her diverse selection of fairy tales challenges and encourages readers to read the tales without the sober paratextual guidance of a conventional editor and to be dazzled by the imaginative words and worlds they encounter. In recovering <i>Green Magic</i>, <i>Silver Magic</i>, and <i>Red Magic</i>, Zipes gives Romer Wilson a chance to remind us that fairy tales are also about play."</p><p><b>--Donald Haase</b></p>

With a Preface and biographies from Jack Zipes, as well as the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award-winning Romer Wilson – Green Magic (1928), Silver Magic (1929), and Red Magic (1930) – offers a combination of classic fairy tales, alongside lesser known, global and diverse tales.

Silver Magic contains classic fairy tales including “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and Hawthorne’s “The Miraculous Pitcher,” as well as several anonymous and previously undiscovered tales such as “Lohengrin.” It was Romer Wilson’s intention to combine the familiar with the unknown, and to introduce authors and cultures from a variety of countries. As a researcher, Wilson uncovered a remarkable amount of stories from other countries that remain unknown today. This collection gives voice to unique and intriguing tales that inspire children to have a better understanding of how people and their stories are alike despite major differences.

Through his Preface and commentary, Jack Zipes shows how all three books are a means to bring people together in the name of peace and justice. These books will, therefore, be of interest to anyone researching or studying fairy tales, folklore and children’s literature, as well as global or comparative literature and social justice.

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With introductions and biographies from Jack Zipes, and the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award winning Romer Wilson – Green Magic (1928), Silver Magic (1929), Red Magic (1930) – offers classic fairy tales alongside lesser known, global and diverse tales.

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CONTENTS

Preface - Jack Zipes

On Giants and Dwarfs - Romer Wilson

The Miraculous Pitcher - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Simmerwater: A Yorkshire Philemon - Anonymous

The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche - Apuleius

The Werewolf - Petronius

Eight Tales from Gesta Romanorum - Charles Swan

The Goose-Girl at the Well - J.E. Taylor (Brothers Grimm)

Clever Alice - J. E. Taylor (Brothers Grimm

Lohengrin - Anonymous

The Master-Thief - Anonymous

Boots and the Eating Match with the Troll - Asbjørnsen and Moe (Dasent)

How the Sea Became Salt - Anonymous

Finn MacCool and Future Events - F. R. Davies

Finn MacCool and the Giant

O’Donaghue’s Pigs - Anonymous

Davy Hanlan - Patrick Cody

Some Nonsense - Anonymous

The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Thomas Roscoe (Brothers Grimm)

Cinderella. or, The Little Glass Slipper - James R. Planché (Charles Perrault)

The Yellow Dwarf - James R. Planché (Mme d’Aulnoy)

Beauty and the Beast - James R. Planché (Mme Villeneuve )

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781032285764
Publisert
2022-12-30
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Vekt
557 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
174 mm
Aldersnivå
G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
204

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Jack Zipes is Professor Emeritus of German and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota. In addition to his scholarly work, he is an active storyteller in public schools and has written and translated fairy tales for children and adults. Some of his recent publications include: Grimm Legacies: The Magic Power of Fairy Tales (2014) and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical Tales (2017). In 2019, he founded his own press called Little Mole and Honey Bear and has published The Giant Ohl and Tiny Tim (2019), Johnny Breadless (2020), Yussuf the Ostrich (2020), Keedle the Great and All You Want to Know about Fascism (2020), and Tistou, The Boy with the Green Thumbs of Peace (2021).