The tales-116 in all-arethematically grouped. Each grouping is introduced and annotated by JackZipes, the genre’s reigning expert. Twenty illustrations accompany thetexts.<br /> <br /> "Criticism" includes seven important assessments of different aspectsof the fairy tale tradition, written by W. G. Waters, Benedetto Croce,Lewis Seifert, Patricia Hannon, Harry Velten, Siegfried Neumann, andJack Zipes.<br /> <br /> Brief biographies of the storytellers and a Selected Bibliography areincluded.