Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Overview:

  • Title: Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
  • Author: Jack Zipes
  • Year: 1991
  • ISBN-10: 0670830534
  • Publisher: Viking
  • Price: $30.00
  • Pages: xxxiv+814
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Day Boy and the Night Girl
  • Notes: Jacket illustration by Warwick Goble from The Fairy Book by Diana Maria Mulock, published by Macmillan & Co., London. Most non-English stories were translated by editor {{A|Jack Zipes}} except for the following: Cupid and Psyche from The Golden Ass translated by {{A|Robert Graves}}. Of Feminine Subtlety from the Gesta Romanorum {{Tr|Rev. Charles Swan}}. The Pig Prince from The Nights of Straparola {{Tr|W. G. Waters}}. The White Bull by Voltaire is from The Works of Voltaire-Vol.II {{Tr|William F. Fleming}}. The Fairy Tale by Goethe is from The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings {{Tr|Catherine Hutter}}. The Shadow by Andersen is from The Complete Andersen {{Tr|Jean Hersholt}}. The Mines of Falun by Hoffmann is from Selected Writings of E.T.A. Hoffmann {{Tr|Leonard Kent & Elizabeth Knight}}. Spiegel the Cat by Keller is from The Blue Flower edited by Hermann Kesten. {{Tr|E. B. Ashton}}. Hinzelmeier by Theodor Storm & The Tale of the 672nd Night by Hofmannsthal are from German Literary Fairy Tales, edited & translated by {{A|Frank G. Ryder}}. The Story of Jubal by Strindberg is from In Midsummer Days & Other Tales {{Tr|Ellie Schleussner}}. How Treason Came to Russia by Rilke is from Stories of God {{Tr|M. D. Herter Norton & Nora Putscher-Wydenbruck}}. The Story of the Fairy Tale by Carl Ewald is from Two-Legs & Other Stories {{Tr|Alexander Teixiera de Mattos}}. The 7 Wives of Bluebeard by Anatole France is from The Seven Wives of Bluebeard & Other Marvellous Tales {{Tr|D. B. Stewart}}. Cinderella Continued by Apollinaire is from Comparative Criticism Vol.6 & is translated by {{A|Iain White}}. The Tale of the Singing Branch,etc. by Henri Pourrat is from A Treasury of French Tales, translated by {{A|Mary Mian}}. The Enchanted Palace by Calvino is from Italian Folktales. {{Tr|George Martin}}. Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal by Stanislaw Lem is from The Cyberiad, translated by {{A|Michael Kandel}}. Tom Thumb Runs Away by Michel Tournier is from The Fetishist, {{Tr|Barbara Wright}}. Other price from British Library: £17.99 (UK)