White as milk, red as blood : the forgotten fairy tales of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345812179
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
xxiii, 114 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm - Publisher: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-110). |
Language Note: | Translated from the German. |
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Subject: | Folklore -- Germany -- Bavaria Fairy tales -- Germany -- Bavaria |
Genre: | Folk tales. Fairy tales. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Sechelt Public Library | 398.20943 SCHO (Text) | 33260100011452 | Nonfiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
"A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive in Regensburg, Germany for over 150 years. The tales are part of a collection of myths, legends and fairytales, gathered by the local historian Franz Xaver von Schonwerth (1810-1886) in the Bavarian region of Oberpfalz at about the same time as the Grimm brothers were collecting the fairytales that have since charmed adults and children around the world." Unlike his contemporaries, the Grimm Brothers, who edited and polished the tales they collected, von Schonwerth, a linguist, left his untouched. His books subsequently languished and were lost to time... until now."--