Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales

Max Luthi
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
September 1 1976
EAN: 9780253202031
ISBN: 0253202035
Synopsis:

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