Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299157449)

Political "fairy tales" by progressive Weimar activists

Deliberately transforming traditional German fairy tales and fables into utopian narratives and social commentary, political activists wrote the stories in this collection for progressive youth groups during the years of the German Weimar Republic, 1919 to 1933. Noted folklore scholar Jack Zipes has edited and translated these thirty-two tales by sixteen Weimar authors, who include such notable writers as Kurt Schwitters, Oskar Maria Graf, and Hermynia Zur M?len. Zipes has also provided an introduction, notes and bibliography, period illustrations, and concise biographies of the authors, many of whom were later killed, persecuted, or forced into exile by the Nazis.

Author: Jack Zipes
ISBN-10: 029915744X
ISBN-13: 9780299157449
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/1997
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.03w x 0.52d