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21. Terrors of Childhood in Grimms' Fairy Tales (Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics) by Winfried G. Kudszus | |
Paperback: 149
Pages
(2005-09)
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22. The Portrayal of the Maturation Process of Girl Figures in Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Europaische Hochschulschriften Reihe I, Deutsche Sprache Und Literatur) by Diann Rusch-Feja | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(1995-06)
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23. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar | |
Paperback: 360
Pages
(2003-05-06)
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Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Rambling, Poorly Edited
Interesting
The Riddles Of Classic Fairy Tales
close look at the uncensored tales |
24. Grimm's Last Fairytale: A Novel by Haydn Middleton | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(2001-03-16)
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Mesmerizing
MAGICAL ARTISTRY |
25. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World by Jack Zipes | |
Paperback: 384
Pages
(2002-12-18)
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Mandy's Review
A mishmash of everything
For serious students of European fantasy literature |
26. Cinderella's Gold Slipper: Spiritual Symbolism in the Grimm's Tales by Samuel Denis Fohr | |
Paperback: 223
Pages
(1995-01-05)
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27. The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy by Donald R. Hettinga | |
Hardcover: 192
Pages
(2001-10-15)
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Two Lives, One Legacy
Fine biographical coverage |
28. Once upon Time by Quackenbush | |
Hardcover:
Pages
(1986-02-01)
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29. FAIRYTALE ROMANCE by James M. McGlathery | |
Hardcover: 226
Pages
(1990-10-01)
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Critical of Romance |
30. Darkest Desire: The Wolf's Own Tale by Anthony Schmitz | |
Hardcover: 134
Pages
(1998-11-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Now Wolf must make a decision. Can the satisfaction of a "normal" life outweigh the joys of his perversion? Are his desires truly dreanged, or is he simply giving full expression to his personal nature? Does he have an obligation -- as his occasional companion Devil argues -- to live as a unique individual in the manner to which he was born? If I close my eyes, I can still hear the sound of cloth shredding as Ipulled with my teeth. I was mad with rage and joy for a moment, and then Iwas overwhelmed by guilt. Yes, yes, certainly he was a pathetic thing, somiserably, mistakenly confident. But he was as God had made him, and now hewas torn asunder. I quickly lost my appetite. I left him almost whole,except for the upper ham. That I retched in the grass a few minutes later.The wolf goes on to describe how, in the days following this first kill, he"relived those few minutes again and again," and one can't help but thinkof the Ted Bundys and Jeffrey Dahmers of the world, slouching towards theirnext gruesome murder. Schmitz does have a point he's trying to make about the individual'sobligation to his own true nature, no matter how perverse, versus hisduty to conform to social norms. In exploring this dichotomy, the author skewerspsychotherapy--or at least the most opportunistic practitioners of it--andpaints Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm as the 19th-century equivalent of tabloidjournalists, willing to go to any length to get their story, even if itmeans manufacturing it.All this might have worked had the wolf'sproclivities been less revolting. Unfortunately, there's just no argumentto be made in favor of baby-killing as a form of self-expression.Darkest Desire is well written but deeply unpleasant to read. --Alix Wilber Customer Reviews (5)
A good and dark tale of morality
Enjoyable short read
A fur-raising tale Thepassages about the tastiness of human puppies are somewhat offensive.Acanine is more likely to protect a human child from human predators than toeat the child himself.However, "Schmitz" does make it clearthat the child-eating wolf is no more typical of canines than HannibalLecter is of humans.In a nice twist on an idea used decades ago byClifford Simak in "City", Schmitz makes use of the canine abilityto perceive and interact with phenomena beyond human perception.
Twice Told Tails
A splendid and original idea well done |
31. Mi primer Larousse de principes y princesas/ My First Larousse of Princes and Princesses (Spanish Edition) by Tomas (DRT) Garcia | |
Hardcover: 187
Pages
(2007-06-30)
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32. The Wrestler's Cruel Study: A Novel by Stephen Dobyns | |
Hardcover: 426
Pages
(1993-08)
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The writing simply stinks
Hmmmm
Probably the Most Unique Book You'll Read This Year...
smartly funny
Gimmick is form pretending to be substance.... As the book jacket suggests, we begin by observing an apartment complex where we witness two gorillas scale the outside wall to gain entry. Once inside, they kidnap a young woman wearing only her nightgown and steal her away. Her fiancé, a professional wrestler, is warned against soliciting the help of the police in her recovery; and he is given no motive for the kidnapping or asked for a ransom of any kind. In an effort to discover her whereabouts and gain her safe return, the wrestler embarks on a search that, he discovers, will do more to unravel the mystery of who he is than it will to find the one he loves. Here is a book that manages to be, among other things: a study in identity and the perception of the self; a nightmare; a story of redemption; absurdist theater designed to illustrate philosophical argument; and a big-dicked perversion of Nietzschean philosophy, albeit a charming and gravely humorous one. In the book Mr. Dobyns makes much of "gimmick." Put another way, he makes much of the masks that we wear, focusing on how they serve us, but more importantly, how they do us disservice. In illustrating the many ways that it is possible for one to bandage his or her wounds, and wear layer upon layer of these dressings or masks, he has created fully-realized characters with all manner of human strength and frailty. To have done so without judgment is, to my mind, a huge achievement. Each of the characters that populate this wild and enormously entertaining novel is developed with the skill of one who really seems to understand what it means to be human. Each of them has much to learn about life, their connections with others and, perhaps most importantly, with themselves. As lucky readers, this all serves to do the same for us. It asks rather big questions and gives no simple answers. Again, this is quite a feat for a fiction. We are asked, "When we look in a mirror, do we see ourselves or a committee?" I submit that if we look closely enough, this book, like any good looking glass, might just give us a glimpse of who we are. ... Read more |
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