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Cinderella: A Casebook (Garland Folklore Casebooks) by Giambattista Basile; Charles Perrault; Jacob Grimm; W.R.S. Ralston; E. Sidney Hartland; R.D. Jameson; Photeine P. Bourboulis; Paul Delarue; Archer Taylor; Alan Dundes is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Covering a period of more than one hundred years of work by renowned folklorists, these enlightening essays explore the timeless tale of Cinderella. In addition to the most famous versions of the story (Basile’s <i>Pentamerone</i>, Perrault’s <i>Cendrillon</i>, and the Grimm’s <i>Aschenputtel</i>), this casebook includes articles on other versions of the tale from Russian, English, Chinese, Greek and French folklore. The volume concludes with several interpretive essays, including a psychoanalytic view from Dundes and a critique of the popularization of Cinderella in America.</p> <p>“Folklorists, scholars of children’s literature, and feminists should appreciate particularly the wide scope of this collection . . . now in paperback with an updated Bibliographical Addendum. . . . Most helpful are the two-page introductions to each variant and to each essay which include a brief overview of the historical times as well as suggested additional sources for more discussion.”—Danny Rochman, <i>Folklore Forum</i></p> <p>“A milestone, a near complete source of primary and secondary materials. . . . The selected analytical writing include definiti
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- Author
- Giambattista Basile; Charles Perrault; Jacob Grimm; W.R.S. Ralston; E. Sidney Hartland; R.D. Jameson; Photeine P. Bourboulis; Paul Delarue; Archer Taylor; Alan Dundes
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 1988
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824092955
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Folklore, Anthropology, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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