{"product_id":"the-sorcerers-apprentice-9780691172651","title":"The Sorcerers Apprentice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n eclectic collection ... spanning millennia and continents.\"--Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald \"[A] comprehensive anthology... [A]lso of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations.\"--Library Journal \"It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both.\"--Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures ix  Preface xi  Notes and Acknowledgments xxiii  Introduction   The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Harry Potter, and Why Magic Matters 1  Part I The Humiliated Apprentice Tales  Early Tales  Lucian of Samosata, \"Eucrates and Pancrates\" (ca. 170 CE) 85  Francois Petis de la Croix, \"The Story of the Brahmin Padmanaba and the Young Hassan\" (1707) 88  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, \"The Pupil in Magic\" (1798) 97  Nineteenth-Century Tales  Robert Southey, \"Cornelius Agrippa's Bloody Book\" (1801) 101  Sir Walter Scott, \"The Last Exorciser\" (1838) 103  John Naake, \"The Book of Magic\" (1874) 103  Alfred Cooper Fryer, \"The Master and His Pupil; or, The Magic Book\" (1884) 105  Sheykh-Zada, \"The Lady's Fifth Story\" (1886) 110  Edith Hodgetts, \"The Blacksmith and the Devil\" (1890) 112  Twentieth-Century Tales  Henry Thomas Francis, \"The Rash Magician\" (1916) 117  Richard Rostron, \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\" (1941) 119  Richard Dorson, \"The Mojo\" (1956) 123  Harold Courlander, \"The Do-All Ax\" (1957) 124  Part II The Rebellious Apprentice Tales  Early Tales  Ovid, \"Erysichthon and Mestra\" (8 CE) 129  Rachel Harriette Busk, \"The Saga of the Well-and-Wise-Walking Khan\" (ca. 3rd Century to 11th Century) 136  Somadeva, \"Bhavasarman and the Two Witches\" (ca. 1070) 140  Farid al-Din 'Attar, \"The Magician's Apprentice\" (ca. 1220) 142  Giovan Francesco Straparola, \"Maestro Lattantio and His Apprentice Dionigi\" (1553) 144  Sangendhi Mahalingam Natesa Sastri, \"The Deceiver Shall Be Deceived\" (ca. 1770) 151  Nineteenth-Century Tales  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, \"The Nimble Thief and His Master\" (1819) 163  Kazimierz Wladyslaw Woycicki, \"The Sorcerer and His Apprentice\" (1839) 166  Arthur and Albert Schott, \"The Devil and His Pupil\" (1845) 169  Ludwig Bechstein, \"The Magic Combat\" (1857) 174  Johann Georg von Hahn, \"The Teacher and His Pupil\" (1864) 178  Giuseppe Pitre, \"The Tuft of Wild Beet\" (1875) 184  Domenico Comparetti, \"Oh, Relief!\" (1875) 190  Francois-Marie Luzel, \"The Magician and His Servant\" (1885) 193  George Webbe Dasent, \"Farmer Weathersky\" (1888) 202  Jerome Curtin, \"The Fisherman's Son and the Gruagach of Tricks\" (1890) 209  Edith Hodgetts, \"The Wonderful Trade\" (1890) 218  Charles Swynnerton, \"The Story of Ali the Merchant and the Brahmin\" (1892) 227  Twentieth-Century Tales  Leo Wiener, \"The Tale of the Sorcerer\" (1902) 243  Joseph Charles Mardrus, \"The Twelfth Captain's Tale\" (ca. 1904) 247  Fletcher Gardner, \"The Battle of the Enchanters\" (1907) 253  Peter Buchan, \"The Black King of Morocco\" (1908) 254  Cecil Henry Bompas, \"The Boy Who Learnt Magic\" (1909) 257  Edith Nesbit, \"The Magician's Heart\" (1912) 260  Claude-Marius Barbeau, \"The Two Magicians\" (1916) 272  Hermann Hesse, \"The Forest Dweller\" (1917) 274  Heywood Broun, \"Red Magic\" (1921) 281  Dean Fansler, \"The Mysterious Book\" (1921) 286  Elsie Clews Parsons, \"The Battle of the Enchanters\" (1923) 289  Romuald Pramberger, \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice\" (1926) 293  Seumas MacManus, \"The Mistress of Magic\" (1926) 296  Joseph Medard Carriere, \"The Two Magicians\" (1937) 306  John Mason Brewer, \"The High Sheriff and His Servant\" (1958) 311  Corinne Saucier, \"The Man and His Son\" (1962) 312  A. K. Ramanujan, \"The Magician and His Disciple\" (1997) 313  Part III Krabat Tales  Joachim Leopold Haupt, \"About an Evil Man in Gross-Sarchen\" (1837) 323  Michael Hornig, \"Krabat: A Legend from Folklore\" (1858) 324  Georg Gustav Kubasch, \"Krabat\" (1865) 326  Edmund Veckenstedt, \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice, I\" (1880; Recorded by Hendrich Jordan) 329  Edmund Veckenstedt, \"The Sorcerer's Apprentice, II\" (1880; Recorded by Alexander von Rabenau) 331  Johann Goltsch, \"The Story about Krabat\" (1885) 333  Georg Pilk, \"The Wendish Faust Legend\" (1900) 334  Jerzy Slizinski, \"Krabat\" (1959) 344  Biographies of Authors, Editors, Collectors, and Translators 349  Filmography 365  Bibliography 369  Selected and Chronological List of Sorcerer's Apprentice Tales 387  Index 397","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403836399959,"sku":"9780691172651","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691172651.jpg?v=1730484677","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sorcerers-apprentice-9780691172651","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}