Academic Studies of Fairy Tales and Folklore

Description
A list of non-fiction books, collections or essays on the study of fairy tales and folklore. Books focused on the genre as a whole or on a specific tale or type.
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Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre
de Jack Zipes
89 membres
5
2 Members
flying_monkeys, kathef
3
Psychanalyse des contes de fées
de Bruno Bettelheim
3,116 membres
30 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
nessreader, flying_monkeys
4
The hard facts of the Grimms' fairy tales
de Maria Tatar
375 membres
3 critiques
4.1
2 Members
nessreader, flying_monkeys
5
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
de Marina Warner
913 membres
7 critiques
4
Member
flying_monkeys
6
Cinderella: A Casebook
de Alan Dundes
94 membres
1 critique
½ 3.6
Member
nessreader
7
Folklore in the English and Scottish Ballads
de Lowry Charles Wimberly
31 membres
½ 2.3
Member
bluepiano
8
The Annotated Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes Old and New, Arranged and Explained
de William Stuart Baring-Gould
626 membres
10 critiques
4.1
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Perhaps not academic, but at least seemingly scholarly research & annotations.
9
Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends
de Jan Harold Brunvand
546 membres
5 critiques
3.8
Member
bluepiano
Explications
bluepiano: Collection of & commentary on folklore in the making. Scholarship for the non-academic.
10
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
de Jack Zipes
216 membres
1 critique
4
Member
flying_monkeys
12
The Classic Fairy Tales
de Iona Opie
728 membres
9 critiques
4
Member
nessreader
13
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning Of Fairy Tales
de Sheldon Cashdan
260 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
flying_monkeys
14
Little Red Riding Hood: A Casebook
de Alan Dundes
43 membres
1 critique
3
Member
nessreader
15
The Fairy Tellers
de Nicholas Jubber
114 membres
5 critiques
3.9
Member
nessreader
16
Grimms` Bad Girls and Bold Boys: The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales
de Ruth B. Bottigheimer
66 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
Member
flying_monkeys
17
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales
de Valerie Paradiz
290 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
flying_monkeys
18
Fairy Tales Reimagined: Essays on New Retellings
de Susan Redington Bobby
26 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
flying_monkeys
19
Fairy Tales: A New History
de Ruth B. Bottigheimer
76 membres
4
Member
flying_monkeys
20
A Companion to the Fairy Tale
de Hilda Ellis Davidson
33 membres
4
Member
flying_monkeys
22
Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
de Maria Tatar
206 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
Member
flying_monkeys
23
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
de Kate Bernheimer
298 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
flying_monkeys
25
Fairy Tale and Film: Old Tales with a New Spin
de Sue Short
5 membres
Member
flying_monkeys
26
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale
de Marina Warner
367 membres
10 critiques
3.8
27
Children into Swans: Fairy Tales and the Pagan Imagination
de Jan Beveridge
21 membres
1 critique