The Classic Fairy Tales, Paperback
Descriere
This volume contains twenty-four of the best known fairy tales in the English language, presented here in the exact words of their first English publication or of the earliest surviving text. Including ""Sleeping Beauty,"" ""Bluebeard,"" ""Cinderella,"" ""Thumbelina,"" and ""Hansel and Gretel,"" as well as many others, this collection provides a historical introduction for each tale and a general Introduction which traces the history of fairy tales collected in Asia and Europe long before they appeared in English.
Despre autor
Iona Margaret Balfour Opie și Peter Mason Opie au fost o echipă de folcloriști englezi căsătoriți care au aplicat tehnici moderne pentru înțelegerea literaturii și jocurilor pentru copii, în studii precum The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951) și The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959).