Grimms' bad girls & bold boys: The moral & social vision of the Tales - Hardcover

Bottigheimer, Ruth B

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300039085 ISBN 13: 9780300039085

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1987

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From Library Journal:

Following recent emphasis on the Grimms' editorial interventions in successive editions of the Tales, Bottigheimer argues convincingly that one consequence of a shaping hand was to convey, covertly and cumulatively, a fundamental and profound gender bias. The Grimms' (chiefly Wilhelm's) editing tended to inhibit women's speech, to punish them disproportionately for transgressions, to isolate them, and to reduce their autonomy. Through close reading and linguistic and sociohistorical analyses, the author also investigates anti-Semitism, economics, Christian values, and eroticism in the Tales. Her study effectively corrects such influential interpretations as Bettelheim's by insisting on the Tales' cultural specificity. Extensive primary and secondary bibliographies. Patricia Dooley, formerly with English Dept., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia
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About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0300039085
• ISBN 13: 9780300039085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211