Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms' Fairy Tales

by Ann Schmiesing

A pioneering look at portrayals of disability, deformity, and disease in the Grimms' Children's and Household Tales within a sociohistorical framework and from a disability studies perspective.

Although dozens of disabled characters appear in the Grimms' Children's and Household Tales, the issue of disability in their collection has remained largely unexplored by scholars. In Disability, Deformity, and Disease in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814338410
• ISBN13: 9780814338414
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"