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The owl, the raven & the dove : the religious meaning of the Grimms' magic fairy tales / G. Ronald Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: OUP E-BooksPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1423760611
  • 9781423760610
  • 9780198031123
  • 0198031122
  • 1602569614
  • 9781602569614
  • 1280473479
  • 9781280473470
  • 9780195136074
  • 0195136071
  • 9786610473472
  • 6610473471
Other title:
  • Owl, the raven, and the dove
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Owl, the raven & the dove.DDC classification:
  • 398.2/0943 22
LOC classification:
  • GR166 .M87 2000eb
Online resources:
Contents:
One: The Roots of Spiritual Stories; two: Scholars and the Religious Spirit of the Tales; three: The Spirituality of Wilhelm Grimm; four: Hansel and Gretel; five: Little Red Riding Hood; six: Cinderella; seven: Snow White; eight: Sleeping Beauty; nine: Afterword; Appendix A: The Verses Marked by Wilhelm Grimm in His Greek New Testament; Appendix B: Little Red Riding Hood, 1st edition, 1812; Appendix C: Yggdrasil, the Cross, and the Christmas Tree; Select Bibliography; Index.
Summary: This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index.

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One: The Roots of Spiritual Stories; two: Scholars and the Religious Spirit of the Tales; three: The Spirituality of Wilhelm Grimm; four: Hansel and Gretel; five: Little Red Riding Hood; six: Cinderella; seven: Snow White; eight: Sleeping Beauty; nine: Afterword; Appendix A: The Verses Marked by Wilhelm Grimm in His Greek New Testament; Appendix B: Little Red Riding Hood, 1st edition, 1812; Appendix C: Yggdrasil, the Cross, and the Christmas Tree; Select Bibliography; Index.

This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.

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