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The fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm are among the best known and most widely-read stories in western literature. In recent years commentators such as Bruno Bettelheim have, usually from a psychological perspective, pondered the underlying meaning of the stories, why children are so enthralled by them, and what effect they have on the developing child. In this book, Ronald Murphy takes five of the best-known tales ("Hansel and Gretel," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Sleeping Beauty") and shows that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. Murphy examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention. His own readings of the five so-called "magical" tales reveal them as the beautiful and inspiring "documents of faith" that the Grimms meant them to be.
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- Author/s Murphy, Ronald G.
- ISBN13 9780195136074
- ISBN10 0195136071
- Pages 189
- Published 2000
The owl, the raven, and the dove (The religious meaning of the Grimm's magic fairy tales)
- Author Ronald G. Murphy
- Publisher OXFORD U.P.
- ISBN 9780195136074
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