Jack Zipes Livres

The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature celebrates the richness and variety of over 350 years of literary works for children. This groundbreaking anthology includes 170 authors and illustrators of alphabets and animal fables, fairy tales and fantasy, picture books and nursery verse, among many other genres. Here readers will find beloved works by Charles Perrault, Lewis Carroll, J. M. Barrie, L. M. Montgomery, and Dr. Seuss along with historical classics—The New-England Primer and Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses—and major voices from the multicultural and global contemporary scene. Over 40 longer complete works and over 400 illustrations, including 60 in color, enhance this comprehensive and visually rich anthology.With introductions that offer fresh insights into the cultural contexts of children's literature and childhood itself over four centuries, author headnotes, annotations, bibliographies, and a timeline, The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature illuminates a literary tradition whose power to instruct and delight is both centuries old and startlingly new.

Comprehensive anthology of fairy tales which are written especially for adults, in English

Exploring the life and philosophy of Ernst Bloch, this book delves into his influential ideas and their impact, particularly in the English-speaking context. It examines Bloch's significant three-volume work and his unique perspective on hope and utopia, shedding light on his philosophical contributions and the challenges he faced in gaining recognition. The text serves as both an introduction and a detailed overview, making Bloch's complex thoughts accessible to readers interested in philosophy and social theory.

This collection features 116 thematically grouped fairy tales, introduced and annotated by expert Jack Zipes. It includes twenty illustrations and a "Criticism" section with seven assessments of the fairy tale tradition. Additionally, brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography are provided.

Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop�s Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrong-doing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks.

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

En 1888, lorsqu'Oscar Wilde publie " Le Prince heureux et autres contes ", il attend de ce livre qu'il assoie une réputation encore mince - et c'est bien en effet son premier succès de librairie. Certains de ces textes sont des contes merveilleux, d'autres mettent en scène des animaux, d'autres encore sont satiriques : pages pleines d'humour où se fait jour souvent le ton joyeusement désabusé qui sera plus tard celui de ses comédies. Cette diversité inventive et brillante se retrouve dans tous les récits des années suivantes qui se moquent du sérieux et se jouent du devoir : histoire policière avec " Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile ", histoire d'amour avec " Le Fantôme des Canterville ", mais histoires aussi de supercherie avec " Le Millionnaire modèle " et " Le Portrait de Mr W-H ", car la vérité n'est pas plus authentique que l'apparence. Wilde prend le parti de l'ironie et de la satire, et l'élégance l'emporte sur la morale dans un monde où rien n'échappe jamais au truquage - pas même la mort. Ce volume comprend tous les contes et récits de Wilde : " Le Prince heureux et autres contes ", " Une maison de grenades ", " Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile et autres histoires ", " Le Portrait de Mr W-H "

If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world.

Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, one of the more astute critics of fairy tales, explores the romantic myth of the brothers as wandering scholars, who gathered "authentic" tales from the peasantry. Bringing to bear his own critical expertise as well and new biographical information, Zipes examines the interaction between the Grimms' lives and their work. He reveals the Grimms' personal struggle to overcome social prejudice and poverty, as well as their political efforts--as scholars and civil servants--toward unifying the German states. By deftly interweaving the social, political, and personal elements of the lives of the Brothers Grimm, Zipes rescues them from sentimental obscurity. No longer figures in a fairy tale, the Brothers Grimm emerge as powerful creators, real men who established the fairy tale as one of our great literary institutions. Part biography, part critical assessment, and part social history, The Brothers Grimm provides a complex and very real story about fairy tales and the modern world.

Traces the history of the fairy tale, discusses its relationship with society, and looks at the interpretation of fairy tales in film and literature