Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm's Fairy Tales introduction and notes by Eliabeth Dalton paperback ISBN 9781593080563 517 pages Linguists, philologists, and restorers of ancient texts, the Brothers Grimm practically invented the science of folklore with the publication of Kinder-und Hausmärchen (1812-1815), which became popularly known as Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Comprising 120 of their best-loved tales, this new Barnes & Noble Classics edition of >Grimm’s Fairy Tales includes criticism, reception, discussion questions, and legacies, to appeal to readers of all ages. Elizabeth Dalton is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College. She is the author of Unconscious Structure in The Idiot (Princeton UP, 1979), a psychoanalytic study of Dostoevsky’s novel, and has published fiction and criticism in The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Commentary, and The New York Times Book Review.