A Study of Fairy Tales

Name: A Study of Fairy Tales
Author: Kready, Laura Fry

Kready, Laura Fry

Fairy tales -- History and criticism

Classes of tales, 204-44:
  accumulative, 205-11;
  animal, 211-17;
  humorous, 217-23;
  realistic, 223-28;
  romantic, 228-34;
  old and modern, compared, 234-43;
  references, 243-44.

Classic, fairy tale as a, 38-39.

Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen, 238-39.

Coherence,
  principle of, 58-59;
  illustrated, 62, 65.

Complicated or insincere, the, 36.

Composition:
  general qualities of, 57-58;
  precision, 57;
  energy, 57-58;
  delicacy, 58;
  personality, 58;
  principles of, 58-59;
  sincerity, 58-59;
  unity, 59;
  mass, 59;
  coherence, 59;
  style in, 59-60.

Comte de Caylus, 182.

Concrete situation, placing of story in, 94-95, 110-11.

Connotation, 54-57.

Consciousness, development of, 122-23.

Construction, expression of instinct of, 129-30.

Conversation, expression of instinct of, 125-27.

Country Mouse and City Mouse, 144-45.

Crayon-sketching, as expression, 132.

Creative return, illustrated, 144-54. _See_ Return.

Criticism:
  of life, teaching, a, 120-21;
  of Oeyvind and Marit, 60-64;
  of Three Billy-Goats Gruff, 64-65;
  of How the Sun, Moon, and West Wind went out to Dinner, 84-86;
  of Straw Ox, 86-87;
  of Steadfast Tin Soldier, 135-38;
  of Musicians of Bremen, 219-20;
  of Drakesbill, 221-23;
  of Puss-in-Boots and Norse Lord Peter, 275-78;
  of Tom Thumb and Little Thumb, 278-82;
  of Snow White and Rose Red, 282-86;
  and of Elephant's Child, 287-90.

Danish tales, 194.

Dasent, Sir George W.,
  tales by, as literary form, 68-69;
  Norse tales by, 194, 247, 257.

Delicacy,
  or emotional harmony, quality of, 57-58;
  illustrated, 60, 61, 64.

Denotation, 54.

Description, 75.

Dick Whittington,
  illustrating oral transmission of tales, 169;
  a chap-book, 185, 188, 196, 198.

Diminutive, the, 25-26.

Dragon tales, 31.

Drakesbill, 221-23.

Dramatic game: Elves and the Shoemaker, 145;  Sleeping Beauty, 146-47.

Dramatization,
  as expression, 138-54;
  virtues of, 138, 143;
  dangers of, 139-43;
  of Sleeping Beauty, 146-47;
  of Bird and the Trees, 149-51;
  of Fir Tree, 152-53;
  of Little Two Eyes, 265-66;
  of Snow White, 266-67;
  of How the Birds came to have Different Nests, 270-72;
  and of Puss-in-Boots, 276.

Drawing, as expression, 132.

Dwarf's Tailor, 237.

Editions,
  main fairy tale, 256-58;
  fairy tale, of all nations, 258-59;
  illustrated, 254-55;
  miscellaneous, of fairy tales, 259-62;
  school, of fairy tales, 262-64.

Elements to be avoided, 30-36.

Elephant's Child, illustrating:
  repetition, 27-28;
  suggestion, 56-57;
  form, 100-01;
  modern animal tale, 239, 287-90.

Elves and the Shoemaker,
  illustrating: structure and short-story, 82-84;
  story, 82-84;  creative return, 145.

Emelyan the Fool, 170.

Emotion,
  appeal to, distinguishing literary trait, 40-41;
  qualities of literary, 41;
  literary, in fairy tales, 41-44;
  growth of, 44-45;
  comparison of, in fairy tales and Shakespeare's dramas, 7, 43-44.

Energy or force, quality of, 57-58;
  illustrated, 61, 64.

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A Study of Fairy Tales

Kready, Laura Fry

Fairy tales -- History and criticism

Classes of tales, 204-44:
  accumulative, 205-11;
  animal, 211-17;
  humorous, 217-23;
  realistic, 223-28;
  romantic, 228-34;
  old and modern, compared, 234-43;
  references, 243-44.

Classic, fairy tale as a, 38-39.

Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen, 238-39.

Coherence,
  principle of, 58-59;
  illustrated, 62, 65.

Complicated or insincere, the, 36.

Composition:
  general qualities of, 57-58;
  precision, 57;
  energy, 57-58;
  delicacy, 58;
  personality, 58;
  principles of, 58-59;
  sincerity, 58-59;
  unity, 59;
  mass, 59;
  coherence, 59;
  style in, 59-60.

Comte de Caylus, 182.

Concrete situation, placing of story in, 94-95, 110-11.

Connotation, 54-57.

Consciousness, development of, 122-23.

Construction, expression of instinct of, 129-30.

Conversation, expression of instinct of, 125-27.

Country Mouse and City Mouse, 144-45.

Crayon-sketching, as expression, 132.

Creative return, illustrated, 144-54. _See_ Return.

Criticism:
  of life, teaching, a, 120-21;
  of Oeyvind and Marit, 60-64;
  of Three Billy-Goats Gruff, 64-65;
  of How the Sun, Moon, and West Wind went out to Dinner, 84-86;
  of Straw Ox, 86-87;
  of Steadfast Tin Soldier, 135-38;
  of Musicians of Bremen, 219-20;
  of Drakesbill, 221-23;
  of Puss-in-Boots and Norse Lord Peter, 275-78;
  of Tom Thumb and Little Thumb, 278-82;
  of Snow White and Rose Red, 282-86;
  and of Elephant's Child, 287-90.

Danish tales, 194.

Dasent, Sir George W.,
  tales by, as literary form, 68-69;
  Norse tales by, 194, 247, 257.

Delicacy,
  or emotional harmony, quality of, 57-58;
  illustrated, 60, 61, 64.

Denotation, 54.

Description, 75.

Dick Whittington,
  illustrating oral transmission of tales, 169;
  a chap-book, 185, 188, 196, 198.

Diminutive, the, 25-26.

Dragon tales, 31.

Drakesbill, 221-23.

Dramatic game: Elves and the Shoemaker, 145;  Sleeping Beauty, 146-47.

Dramatization,
  as expression, 138-54;
  virtues of, 138, 143;
  dangers of, 139-43;
  of Sleeping Beauty, 146-47;
  of Bird and the Trees, 149-51;
  of Fir Tree, 152-53;
  of Little Two Eyes, 265-66;
  of Snow White, 266-67;
  of How the Birds came to have Different Nests, 270-72;
  and of Puss-in-Boots, 276.

Drawing, as expression, 132.

Dwarf's Tailor, 237.

Editions,
  main fairy tale, 256-58;
  fairy tale, of all nations, 258-59;
  illustrated, 254-55;
  miscellaneous, of fairy tales, 259-62;
  school, of fairy tales, 262-64.

Elements to be avoided, 30-36.

Elephant's Child, illustrating:
  repetition, 27-28;
  suggestion, 56-57;
  form, 100-01;
  modern animal tale, 239, 287-90.

Elves and the Shoemaker,
  illustrating: structure and short-story, 82-84;
  story, 82-84;  creative return, 145.

Emelyan the Fool, 170.

Emotion,
  appeal to, distinguishing literary trait, 40-41;
  qualities of literary, 41;
  literary, in fairy tales, 41-44;
  growth of, 44-45;
  comparison of, in fairy tales and Shakespeare's dramas, 7, 43-44.

Energy or force, quality of, 57-58;
  illustrated, 61, 64.

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A Study of Fairy Tales

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