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comparative fairy tale analysis
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European folklore studies
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Fairy Tales
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Giant's Head
Good Life
Good Spirits
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Handsome Lad
Handsome Young Man
King's Castle
Magic Sword
Magnificent Wedding
man
mythological archetypes
oral narrative traditions
Out Into The Wide World
Poor Washerwoman
Royal Castle
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Sicilian folk narrative research
Soul Flew
storytelling techniques
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Tonight
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Witch's Head
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415970693
- Weight: 640g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Robber with the Witch's Head presents almost fifty new stories about demons and clever maidens and princes. Bursting with life, this is a storyteller's dream, full of adventure and magic, translated by Jack Zipes.
Laura Gonzenbach was born in Sicily to Swiss-German parents. Her collection of Sicilian fairy and folk tales was first published in 1870 in German. An Italian edition appeared in 2000.
Jack Zipes, one of the world's experts on fairy tales and folklore, is the acclaimed translator of the Complete Fairy Tales of the BrothersGrimm (Bantam), editor of the Oxford Companion to FairyTales, and the author of more than a dozen books on children's literature and culture, including Don't Bet onthe Prince, Sticks and Stones, and Creative Storytelling, all published by Routledge. He is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota.
