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Indiana University Press Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales
This first paperback edition of the seminal work by the Swiss scholar Max Lüthi will be welcomed by folklorists for its informative survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres (local legends and saints' lives) may be read."Lüthi's lucid and intelligent book is refreshingly welcome." —Sewanee Review
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Indiana University Press The European Folktale: Form and Nature
"Niles' excellent translation should bring Lüthi's sensitive and articulate study the recognition it deserves among English readers." —Library JournalLüthi demonstrates how the folktale, by its very distance from reality, can play upon the most important themes of human existence.
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