May 21st, 2010 by Al
From Library Journal
Is this new edition necessary? Only scholars are likely to persevere through all 32 of the “previously untranslated” tales found among the 242 entries. A few, rejected by the Grimms as too French or too literary, have merit; most of the others are slight variants of tales already in the canon or are fragments. There is no analysis or commentary of any individual tales, and though Zipes offers a fine introduction, he himself acknowledges the excellence of Ralp (more…)
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