I have Schönwerth's stories are, according to the foreword, collected oral tales from eastern Bavaria. Interestingly, his work languished on shelves for years, lost for generations, only to be discovered recently in a German archive and compiled into a published volume by Erika Eichenseer. And now the collection is available here, translated by Maria Tatar and illustrated by Engelbert Süss.
The tales are divided into six sections by type of tale: "Tales oaf Magic and Romance," "Enchanted Animals," "Otherworldly Creatures," "Legends," "Tall Tales and Anecdotes," and "Tales About Nature." Princes cursed as dung beatles, mermaids and mermen, and snow that wished it was as colorful as flowers are just a few things you'll find within these pages. Some of the tales might ring a bit familiar while others are wholly unique (or unique to me anyway). And, as Maria Tatar points out in her intro, there are quite a few male leads in these tales! A bit of a role reversal from the more well known stories out there. It's a refreshing and eye opening collection, indeed. Definitely recommended for any fairy tale and folk lore collection!
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7 comments:
This would be a delight to own since it is precious and very special. Thanks for this great feature and wonderful giveaway. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
What a great giveaway. love the cover!
It sounds like there is some really good stories in this book. I love that they divided it into sections. Thanks for having the giveaway.
sounds interesting
sounds interesting
Oh man, I love German fairy tales! It's so exciting to me that they recently discovered more but sad that they languished for so long.
It's so exciting to think these stories were just discovered; I am eager to read! I can just imagine what a windfall this is for Professor Tatar; this is the stuff of scholarly dreams. I mean there’s breaking new ground in your field of study, and then there’s breaking new ground on basically a whole new planet that would not be available to study by anyone in the field without your work. That’s pretty dope. Thanks for featuring and offering a copy of this gem of a book, Becky. Cheers, Kara S
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