Resultaten voor 'jack zipes'

1. Hermynia , Zur Mühlen

The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales

Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951), one of the twentieth century's great political writers, was not seemingly destined for a revolutionary, unconventional literary career. Born in Vienna to an aristocratic Catholic family, Zur Mühlen married an Estonian count. But she rebelled, leaving her upper-class life to be with the Hungarian writer and Communist Stefan Klein, and supporting herself through translations and publications. Altogether, Zur Mühlen wrote thirty novels, mysteries, and story collections, and translated around 150 works, including those of Upton Sinclair, John Galsworthy, and Edna Ferber. A wonderful new addition to the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales series, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales presents English readers with a selection of Zur Mühlen's best political fairy tales, some translated from German for the first time. In contrast to the classical tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Zur Mühlen's candid, forthright stories focus on social justice and the plight of the working class, with innovative plots intended to raise the political consciousness of readers young and old. With an informative introduction by Jack Zipes and period illustrations by George Grosz, John Heartfield, Heinrich Vogeler, and Karl Holtz, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales revives the legacy of a notable female artist whose literary and political work remains relevant in our own time

1. Brothers Grimm

Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales

Originally published in 1812, the fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm are malevolent and dark, and certainly not for the faint-hearted. This book features some of the lesser-known stories alongside favourites like Snow White, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, and Hansel and Gretel.

The Russian Folktale by Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp

Sibelan Forrester is professor of Russian in the Department of Modern Languages at Swarthmore College, USA. She has published translations of prose and poetry from Croatian, Russian, and Serbian, including Irena Vrkljan’s The Silk, the Shears and Elena Ignatova’s The Diving Bell.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, "sorcerer's apprentice" tales--in which a young person rebels against, or complies

1. Béla Balázs

The Cloak of Dreams

Strange and fantastical, the fairy tales of Bela Balazs (1884-1949), Hungarian writer, film critic, and famous librettist of "Bluebeard's Castle", reflect his profound interest in friendship, alienation, and Taoist philosophy. This title features sixteen stories of Balazs.

Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days

This book is a collection of traditional German fairy tales and fables, deliberately transformed into utopian narratives and social commentary by political activists in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933).