Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms' Fairy Tales Contributor(s): Schmiesing, Ann (Author) |
|
ISBN: 0814338410 ISBN-13: 9780814338414 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $31.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Social Science | Disease & Health Issues |
Dewey: 398.209 |
LCCN: 2014934342 |
Series: Fairy-Tale Studies |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.25" W x 8.97" (0.88 lbs) 240 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Although dozens of disabled characters appear in the Grimms' Children's and Household Tales, the issue of disability in their collection has remained largely unexplored by scholars. In Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms' Fairy Tales, author Ann Schmiesing analyzes various representations of disability in the tales and also shows how the Grimms' editing (or "prostheticizing") of their tales over seven editions significantly influenced portrayals of disability and related manifestations of physical difference, both in many individual tales and in the collection overall. |