Cinderella Goes to Market by Barbara Einhorn

The selected analytical writing include definitive classic and new discoveries, covering the whole range of methodological modes and theoretical perspectives from early forms and typology to myth-ritual, social-historical, anthropological, and psychoanalytical readings. Most helpful are the two-page introductions to each variant and to each essay which include a brief overview of the historical times as well as suggested additional sources for more discussion.'-Danny Rochman, Folklore Forum 'A milestone, a near complete source of primary and secondary materials. now in paperback with an updated Bibliographical Addendum. 'Folklorists, scholars of children's literature, and feminists should appreciate particularly the wide scope of this collection.

The volume concludes with several interpretive essays, including a psychoanalytic view from Dundes and a critique of the popularization of Cinderella in America. In addition to the most famous versions of the story (Basile's Pentamerone, Perrault's Cendrillon, and the Grimm's Aschenputtel), this casebook includes articles on other versions of the tale from Russian, English, Chinese, Greek and French folklore. Cinderella: A Casebook by Alan Dundes Covering a period of more than one hundred years of work by renowned folklorists, these enlightening essays explore the timeless tale of Cinderella.

Cinderella Goes to Market by Barbara Einhorn