| Title:
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FAIRY TALES AND FABLES FROM WEIMAR DAYS
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| By: |
Jack David Zipes (Editor), Jack David Zipes (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£14.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
029915744X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299157449 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 September, 1997 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
These deliberate transformations of traditional German fairy tales and fables into utopian narratives and social commentary, were written by political activists for use by progressive youth groups during the years of the German Weimar Republic, 1919 - 1933. |
| Synopsis: |
A collection of literary fairy tales written during the Weimar Republic in Germany, intended to serve as utopian tales for raising the political consciousness of the young people of that period. Includes a scholarly introduction giving the social and cultural background of the tales. |
| Illustrations: |
16 halftones, 3 drawings, notes, bibliography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |