Persian Fairy Tales
Author:
Charles E. Brock
Illustrator:
Harry Toothill
Cover Artist:
Ellis Credle
Publication:
1962 by Follett Publishing Company
Genre:
Fairy Tales, Fiction, Folk Tales
Pages:
224
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Full of the magic of moonlight and minarets and the romance of roses and rubies, these fairy tales and legends come from a Persia of long ago. Here the reader will find the guile and humor of the bazaar and a fantastic panorama of characters—golden heroes of legendary times, beautiful princesses, cat-headed demons, white dragons, fearsome-looking djinns, benevolent genii, and simple folktale animals.
As in all fairy tales the forces of good and evil do battle. The evil spirit Iblis will pose as a wise old man and lure a once-blameless king into disaster, but a great prophet too will assume this guise to protect the innocent. Sultans cloak themselves in anonymity and wander through the bazaar searching out wrongdoing. The Wonder-bird, half beast and half bird, will in one tale nurture a future hero of Persia to manhood, while in another will be slain as a demon.
The peculiar twists of fortune and logic in these tales from the East will enchant the reader who enjoys the unfamiliar and exotic.
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Charles E. Brock
1870 - 1938British
Charles Edmund Brock, who signed most of his work with the name C.E. Brock, was one of four brothers who were all artists and shared a studio in Cambr... See more
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Episode 70: Why Read Fairy Tales?
Released in 2020 by The Literary Life
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Length: 1 hr. 29 min.
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"Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins tackle the topic of fairy stories, discussing the what, why and how of reading them. Angelina shares the distinctive characteristics of fairy stories in contrast to other types of stories, such as myths. They deal with the question of whether fairy tales are 'escapist', the influence of the Grimm brothers scholarly work on interpreting fairy stories, and allowing the story to unveil its deeper truths without forcing meaning onto it.
Angelina gives an illustration of how to see the gospel messages in fairy tales by talking us through the story of Sleeping Beauty. She refutes the ideas that fairy tales are about human romance or are misogynistic. She also highlights some of the Enlightenment and Puritan responses to fairy tales that still linger with us today. Cindy and Angelina also discuss some common concerns such as the magical, weird, or scary aspects of fairy tales. Angelina also makes a distinction between folk tales, literary fairy tales, and cautionary tales."
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