The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm

She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.You’re probably familiar with Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, and countless other fairy tale characters, but many people are unfamiliar with the origins of the popular versions of these stories. She is also the editor and translator of The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, The Annotated Brothers Grimm, The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, The Annotated Peter Pan, The Classic Fairy Tales: A Norton Critical Edition and The Grimm Reader.

She is the author of Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood, Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood and many other books on folklore and fairy stories. Maria Tatar chairs the Program in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University. Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) studied law in the early 1800s but became much better known as an accomplished and passionate storyteller and, with his brother Jacob, one of the Grimm Brothers, who gave the world the groundbreaking and fantastic collection of folklore, fairy stories, and fantasy tales we now call Grimm's Fairy Tales. Also a librarian and dictionary writer, Jacob was an acclaimed linguist and academic who elaborated 'Grimm's Law,' a major historical breakthrough in the development of the study of linguistics. Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) is the author, along with his brother Wilhelm, of the classic tales of folklore and fantasy collectively known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. 75 color and 75 black-and-white illustrations Enchanting and magical, The Annotated Brothers Grimm will cast its spell on children and adults alike for decades to come. Perhaps most noteworthy is Tatar's decision to include tales that were previously excised, including a few bawdy stories and others that were removed after the Grimms learned that parents were reading the book to their children―stories about cannibalism in times of famine and stories in which children die at the end. Containing forty stories in new translations by Maria Tatar―including 'Little Red Riding Hood,' 'Cinderella,' 'Snow White,' and 'Rapunzel'―the book also features 150 illustrations, many of them in color, by legendary painters such as George Cruikshank and Arthur Rackham hundreds of annotations that explore the historical origins, cultural complexities, and psychological effects of these tales and a biographical essay on the lives of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the richness and dramatic power of the legendary fables in the most spectacular and unusual Grimm volume in decades.

Maria Tatar redefines the Grimm canon with this authoritative and entertaining collection.

The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm