The Classic Fairy Tales

- Seven different tale types: "Little Red Riding Hood," "Beauty and the Beast," "Snow White," "Sleeping Beauty," "Cinderella,"
"Bluebeard," and "Tricksters." These groupings include multicultural versions, literary rescriptings, and introductions and
annotations by Maria Tatar.
- Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde.
- More than fifteen critical essays exploring the various aspects of fairy tales. New to the Second Edition are interpretations by Ernst Bloch, Walter Benjamin, Max L thi, Lewis Hyde, Jessica Tiffin, and Hans-J rg Uther.
- A revised and updated Selected Bibliography.