The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World
Zipes is probably the leading American authority on the fairy  tale, which makes this new edition of his classic study of the  Brothers Grimm (1988) especially welcome. Zipes has  significantly revised and expanded his book, responding both to  its earlier critics and to the wealth of new work on the Grimms  to come out of East Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall.  He is concerned with both the artistry and the ideology of the  tales. While agreeing that the Grimms often transformed their  tales to reflect the bourgeois values of their world, Zipes  wishes to avoid simplistic readings, exploring the complexity of  what such values actually meant. At the same time, Zipes is interested in their later reception and appropriation, including  the efforts of Disney. His new chapter on the legacy of the  Grimms in East and West Germany is especially illuminating.  Highly recommended.T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State  Univ., Savannah, GACopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.