English Fairy Tales and More English Fairy Tales: And, More English Fairy Tales (ABC-Clio Classic Folk and Fairy Tales)

In these two classic collections, first published in 1890 and 1894, Joseph Jacobs combined folklore, children's literature, and the eclectic scholarship of the Victorian era to create a storehouse of tales that inhabited the imaginations of children and adults for generations. Here readers first met Tom Tit Tot, Molly Whuppie, and Jack the Giant-Killer, and first read the stories of the Three Little Pigs, the Three Bears, and Henny-Penny.Jacobs' daring collections challenged conventional thinking about the meaning of "folk," the individual artistry behind folktales, and the boundaries between folklore and literature, anticipating modern developments in folklore studies. His original editions of these 87 classic tales, along with the original illustrations, are reprinted in this new volume, offering readers an unsurpassed understanding of the development of the classic fairy tale in late Victorian England. The first compilation of the full first-edition texts of the classic fairy tale collections by Joseph Jacobs, with Jacobs'original prefaces and annotations.In these two classic collections, first published in 1890 and 1894, Joseph Jacobs combined folklore, children's literature, and the eclectic scholarship of the Victorian era to create a storehouse of tales that inhabited the imaginations of children and adults for generations. Here readers first met Tom Tit Tot, Molly Whuppie, and Jack the Giant-Killer, and first read the stories of the Three Little Pigs, the Three Bears, and Henny-Penny.Jacobs'daring collections challenged conventional thinking about the meaning of'folk,'the individual artistry behind folktales, and the boundaries between folklore and literature, anticipating modern developments in folklore studies. His original editions of these 87 classic tales, along with the original illustrations, are reprinted in this new volume, offering readers an unsurpassed understanding of the development of the classic fairy tale in late Victorian England. Collectors in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries unearthed a wealth of stories from around the world and published them in English translations for the delight of general readers, young and old. Most of these anthologies have been long out of print. The ABC-CLIO Classic Folk and Fairy Tales series brings back to life these key anthologies of traditional tales from the golden age of folklore discovery. Each volume provides a freshly typeset but otherwise virtually unaltered edition of a classic work and each is enhanced by an authoritative introduction by a top scholar. These insightful essays discuss the significance of the collection and its original collector; the original collector's methodology and translation practices; and the original period context according to region or genre. Certain to be of interest to folklorists, these classic collections are also meant to serve as sources for storytellers and for sheer reading pleasure, reviving as they do hundreds of folk stories, both reassuringly familiar and excitingly strange. "This is the first compilation of the full first-edition texts of the classic fairy tale collections by Joseph Jacobs, with Jacobs's original prefaces and annotations. A resource for scholars and students, this collection by the "English Grimm" provides an enduring corpus of fairy tales. It includes an authoritative introduction by Donald Haase placing Jacobs's work as a collector/editor in social, historical, and cultural context, and original illustrations by John Batten."--BOOK JACKET. Joseph Jacobs ; Edited And With An Introduction By Donald Haase ; Includes Complete Original Illustrations By John D. Batten. Reprints In Its Entirety ... English Fairy Tales, Collected And Edited By John Jacobs, Published By David Nutt, London, 1890; And More English Fairy Tales, Collected And Edited By John Jacobs, Published By David Nutt, London, 1894--verso T.p. Includes Index. Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 5 Preface to this Edition......Page 7 Introduction to this Edition......Page 9 Bibliography......Page 35 English Fairy Tales......Page 39 Notes and References......Page 199 More English Fairy Tales......Page 217 Notes and References......Page 373 Index to both volumes......Page 395 ABOUT THE EDITOR......Page 407 This volume includes the full texts of two fairy tale collections by Jacobs, both published in the 1890s. It also includes Jacobs' annotations and preface and an introduction by Haase that places Jacobs' work as a collector and editor of fairy tales in its social, historical and cultural context