Terrors of Childhood in the Grimms' Fairy

Questioning culturally predetermined consolidations of childhood experience, this study focuses on memory and affect on the verge of linguistic formulation. Fairy tale plots frequently function as cover-ups of a deeply rooted violence that expresses itsel

W. G. Kudszus is Professor of German Literature at the University of California at Berkeley.

Acknowledgments

xi

In the Beginning

1

(3)

Bruder Grimm: Der Konig vom goldenen Berg

4

(11)

The King of the Golden Mountain

5

(10)

A Yearning at the Heart of Terror: Language and Psyche in ``The King of the Golden Mountain''

15

(17)

Bruder Grimm: Der glaserne Sarg

32

(13)

The Glass Coffin

33

(12)

Skins of a Tale: ``The Glass Coffin''

45

(16)

Between Dream and Wakefulness: The Female Protagonist in ``The Glass Coffin''

61

(11)

Bruder Grimm: Der treue Johannes

72

(15)

Faithful Johannes

73

(14)

The Idiom of Passion: ``Faithful Johannes''

87

(13)

Bruder Grimm: Von dem Machandelboom

100

(17)

The Juniper Tree

101

(16)

Eating and Giving Birth: ``The Juniper Tree''

117

(14)

Ending

131

(4)

Notes

135

(4)

References

139

(4)

Index

143

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Terrors of Childhood in the Grimms' Fairy Tales

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