Owl, The Raven, and the Dove
The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales
«Fr Ronald Murphy has done the Brothers Grimm a great service. He has put their stories into the context of their Christianity, something which wouldn't be necessary except in an invincibly secular age such as ours is. But he has done more than that. He has brought home to us the essentially hospitable nature of the stories.»
Melanie McDonagh, The Tablet 23/12/00.
This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention. Les mer
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This study takes five of the Grimm brothers' best-known tales and argues that the Grimms saw them as Christian fables. The author examines the arguments of previous interpreters of the tales, and demonstrates how they missed the Grimms' intention.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780195136074
- Utgivelsesår
- 2000
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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«Fr Ronald Murphy has done the Brothers Grimm a great service. He has put their stories into the context of their Christianity, something which wouldn't be necessary except in an invincibly secular age such as ours is. But he has done more than that. He has brought home to us the essentially hospitable nature of the stories.»
Melanie McDonagh, The Tablet 23/12/00.
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