Jack Zipes. Jack Zipes was professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) from 1972 to 1986, and since 2008 has...
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Jack Zipes technically retired in 2008 from his position as professor at the University of Minnesota, but he hasn't paused his prolific...
16 months ago

Jacke talks to fairy tale expert Jack Zipes about his new book Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales, which profiles modern...
13 months ago

Both beautifully told and illustrated, the former is about an Ostrich serving as a courier of secret messages for American forces in northern...
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The original novel upon which the film was based, now retranslated and republished, tells a bleak and compelling adult story that can be interpreted in many...
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THE ORIGINAL BAMBI The Story of a Life in the Forest By Felix Salten Translated and introduced by Jack Zipes Illustrated by Alenka Sottler.
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The first edition of the Brothers Grimms' tales reveals an unsanitised version of the stories that have been told at bedtime for more than 200 years.
118 months ago

Fairy tale expert Jack Zipes says that the tales "serve a meaningful social function, not just for compensation but for revelation: the...
83 months ago

World-renowned folklorist and storyteller Jack Zipes retells the story in wondrous style in his 2018 book Fearless Ivan and his Faithful Horse Double-Hump.
43 months ago

Excerpts from the interview: ''I think 'Harry Potter' is very typical of other populist series like 'Goosebumps', though it's a level above that.
227 months ago