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Jack Zipes

Author of The Arabian Nights, Volume 1

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The Arabian Nights, Volume 1 (Editor) 601 copies, 6 reviews
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (Editor) 495 copies, 4 reviews
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North… (Editor) 443 copies, 4 reviews
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales 318 copies, 3 reviews
The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers… (Editor, Translator & Contributor) 314 copies, 1 review
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature (Editor) 227 copies
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children… 191 copies
The Outspoken Princess and The Gentle Knight: A Treasury of Modern Fairy… 182 copies, 2 reviews
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales 180 copies, 1 review
The Arabian Nights (Penguin Popular Classics) (Editor) 175 copies, 4 reviews
Fairy Tale as Myth, Myth as Fairy Tale 130 copies
Beauties, Beasts and Enchantment: Classic French Fairy Tales (Meridian) (Editor) 128 copies, 1 review
The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood 123 copies, 5 reviews
The Arabian Nights, Volume 2 (Adapter) 122 copies, 1 review
Beauty and the Beast: And Other Classic French Fairy Tales (Editor) 117 copies
The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World 108 copies, 1 review
Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves (Editor) 108 copies
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre 98 copies
When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition (Literary… 84 copies, 1 review
Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from… 78 copies, 2 reviews
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry 75 copies, 2 reviews
Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre 71 copies
Little Red Riding Hood and Other Classic French Fairy Tales 50 copies
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (4 Volume Set) (Editor) 46 copies, 1 review
Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days 43 copies
Creative Storytelling: Building Community/Changing Lives 33 copies
The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films 23 copies
The Operated Jew 23 copies
Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales 22 copies
The Robber with a Witch's Head : More Stories from the Great Treasury of… 21 copies
The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm to Andrew… 20 copies
Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller 19 copies
Penguin Book of Western Fairy Tales 18 copies
Relentless Progress: The Reconfiguration of Children's Literature, Fairy… 18 copies, 1 review
Germans and Jews: Since the Holocaust, the Changing Situation in West… 11 copies
Arabian Nights: The Marvels And Wonders Of The Thousand And One Nights. 11 copies
The Sorcerer's Apprentice: An Anthology of Magical Tales 11 copies
Arabian Nights 9 copies
Speaking Out: Storytelling and Creative Drama for Children 9 copies
Utopian Tales From Weimar 9 copies, 1 review
Tales of Wonder: Retelling Fairy Tales through Picture Postcards 6 copies
Fairy-Tale Films Beyond Disney: International Perspectives 5 copies
Political Plays for Children 4 copies
Nutcracker and Mouse King and The Tale of the Nutcracker 4 copies
Snow, Glass, Apples 4 copies
The Arabian Nights, Vol. II: More Marvels and Wonders of the Thousand and… 3 copies
Oltre il giardino. L'inquietante successo della letteratura per l'infanzia… 2 copies
Revisiting the storyteller: Reviving the past to move forwards (Society… 2 copies
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete… 2 copies
The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm : Volume I, Tales 1-100 2 copies
A Fairy Tale for Our Time (in Don't Bet on the Prince - ZIPES) 2 copies
The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré, Vol. 2 2 copies
The Green Fairy Book 2 copies
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse 1 copy
What makes a repulsive frog so appealing : applying memetics to folk and… 1 copy
Brothers Grimm More Tales to Read and Watch 1 copy
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales 1 copy
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm 1 copy
The Arabian Nights, Volume II: 2 1 copy
Arabian Nights: The Marvels and Wonders of The Thousand and One Nights 1 copy
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre 1 copy
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales (Oxford Companions) 1 copy
Lucretius: On the Nature of the Universe 1 copy
The Complete Fairy Tales Of The Brothers Grimm, vol I 1 copy
By Jack Zipes - The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The… 1 copy
By Jack Zipes - The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature: The… 1 copy
Oxford encyclopedia of children’s literature: Volume 4 1 copy
Fairy Tales, Feminism, & the Brothers Grimm 1 copy
The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm 1 copy
The Arabian Nights Entertainments: Volume II - Containing the 37th - 65th… 1 copy
High Holyday Prayer Book: Machzor hashalem l'rosh hashanah v'yom kippur 1 copy
Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook.… 1 copy
Leonardo Da Vinci Philosophical Diary 1 copy
Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm II by Jack Zipes (1988-03-01) 1 copy
Jews in Germany 1 copy
Französische Märchen 1 copy
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Also by Jack Zipes
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Translator, some editions) 10,745 copies, 88 reviews
Pinocchio (Introduction, some editions) 6,305 copies, 114 reviews
The Man in the Iron Mask (Afterword, some editions) 4,850 copies, 26 reviews
The Green Fairy Book (Introduction, some editions) 1,207 copies, 6 reviews
Struwwelpeter (Introduction, some editions) 1,030 copies, 32 reviews
Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs (Translator, some editions) 1,012 copies, 43 reviews
The Classic Fairy Tales [Norton Critical Edition] (Contributor) 844 copies, 4 reviews
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse (Introduction, some editions; Translator, some editions) 678 copies, 6 reviews
Hansel and Gretel (Translator, some editions) 574 copies, 32 reviews
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete… (Editor & Translator, some editions) 564 copies, 6 reviews
The Story of the Root Children (Translator, some editions) 424 copies, 10 reviews
Il Pentamerone: The Tale of Tales (Foreword, some editions) 325 copies, 5 reviews
The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories (Translator, some editions) 273 copies, 2 reviews
Fairy Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics) {64 stories} (Introduction) 253 copies, 3 reviews
Snow White and Rose Red (Translator, some editions) 242 copies, 10 reviews
Rumpelstiltskin (Translator, some editions) 213 copies, 6 reviews
The Singing Bones (Introduction) 213 copies, 11 reviews
Brave Little Tailor (Translator, some editions) 208 copies, 2 reviews
Twelve Dancing Princesses (Translator, some editions) 166 copies, 4 reviews
Should We Burn Babar?: Essays on Children's Literature and the Power of… (Introduction) 157 copies, 2 reviews
Sleeping Beauty (Translator, some editions) 131 copies, 15 reviews
Nutcracker and Mouse King, and The Tale of the Nutcracker (Introduction, some editions) 124 copies, 7 reviews
Peter Pan: Childrens Classics (Children's Classics Series) (Editor) 123 copies, 2 reviews
The Fisherman and His Wife (Translator, some editions) 107 copies, 7 reviews
The Golden Goose (Translator, some editions) 102 copies, 2 reviews
Rapunzel (Translator, some editions) 101 copies, 8 reviews
Little Red Riding Hood (Translator, some editions) 76 copies, 5 reviews
The Bremen Town Musicians (Translator, some editions) 69 copies, 1 review
Cinderella (Translator, some editions) 52 copies, 3 reviews
Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura… (Translator, some editions) 49 copies
Brothers and Beasts: An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales (Afterword) 43 copies
Vintage Fear: " The Complete Fairy Tales " , " The Bloody Chamber "… (Translator) 27 copies, 1 review
Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales (Foreword) 24 copies
The Public Domain Review: Selected Essays, The First Three Years,… (Contributor) 23 copies, 2 reviews
The Russian Folktale (Foreword, some editions) 21 copies
Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends (Contributor) 20 copies, 1 review
The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions (Contributor) 13 copies
Storytelling and Theatre: Contemporary Professional Storytellers and Their… (Foreword) 12 copies, 2 reviews
Fairy Tale Review: The White Issue (Translator) 8 copies
No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction… (Contributor) 8 copies
Steppenwolf and Everyman (Translator, some editions) 8 copies
The Collected Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré in Two… (Translator, some editions) 5 copies
Collected Sicilian Folk & Fairy Tales of Giuseppe Pitré (Translator, some editions) 4 copies
The Water of Life (Translator, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review
Godfather Death (Translator, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review
The Twelve Brothers (Translator, some editions) 3 copies, 1 review
Gramarye 10 (Editor) 2 copies
A Tale about the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was {short story} (Translator, some editions) 1 copy, 1 review
Gramarye 1 (Editor) 1 copy
The Twelve Huntsmen {short story} (Translator, some editions) 1 copy, 1 review
Happiness {short story} (Translator, some editions) 1 copy, 1 review
The Victor {short story} (Translator, some editions) 1 copy, 1 review
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Zipes, Jack David
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Date of birth
1937-06-07
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male
Nationality
USA
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Places of residence
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Education
Dartmouth College (BA ∙ 1959)
Columbia University (Ph.D ∙ 1965)
University of Munich (1962)
University of Tübingen (1963)
Columbia University (MA ∙ 1960)
Occupations
professor
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Organizations
Modern Language Association (Executive Council ∙ 1991-94)
Children's Literature Association
American Folklore Association
International Research Society for Children's Literature
Awards and honors
Fulbright Fellowship (1981-82)
Anne Devereaux Jordan Award (1999)
IAFA Distinguished Scholarship (1992)
World Fantasy Award (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 2019)
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