TY - BOOK AU - Zur Mühlen,Hermynia AU - Zipes,Jack TI - The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales T2 - Oddly Modern Fairy Tales SN - 9780691201252 AV - PT2653.U7 U1 - 833/.912 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Princeton, NJ PB - Princeton University Press KW - Child rearing KW - United States KW - Early childhood education KW - Parental overprotection KW - Parenting KW - Self-reliance in children KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / General KW - bisacsh KW - A. S. Byatt KW - Ali, der Teppichweber KW - Ali, the Carpet Weaver KW - An den Ufern des Hudsons KW - Charles Perrault KW - Children’s literature KW - Der junge Genosse KW - Die Söhne der Aischa KW - Die blaue Strahl KW - Die rote Fahne KW - Die weiße Pest KW - E.T.A. Hoffmann KW - Ein Jahr im Schatten KW - Es war enimal, und es wird sein KW - Im Schatten des elektrischen Stuhls KW - In the Shadow of the Electric Chair KW - Lawrence Desberry KW - Lina KW - Lionel Gossman KW - Little Allies KW - Malik Verlag KW - Marina Warner KW - Michael Rosen KW - Naomi Mitcheson KW - Nora Has a Great Idea KW - Nora hat eine famose Idee KW - On the Bank of the Hudson River KW - Once Upon a Time, It Will Be KW - One Year in Shadows KW - Our Daughters, the Nazis KW - Philip Pullman KW - Said, der Träumer KW - Said, the Dreamer KW - Schupomann Karl Müller KW - Stephen Millhauser KW - The Blue Ray KW - The Fourth Pig KW - The Red Flag KW - The Sons of Aiescha KW - The White Plague KW - The Young Comrade KW - Traugott Lehmann KW - Unsere Töchter, die Nazinen KW - Weimar Germany KW - Weimar era KW - Weimar literature KW - What Little Peter’s Friends Tell Him KW - Workers’ Tales KW - children’s books KW - fables KW - folklore KW - folklorist KW - left-wing literature KW - socialist literature KW - working-class literature N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; A Note on the Illustrators --; Tales --; Bibliography; restricted access N2 - A collection of radical political fairy tales—some in English for the first time—from one of the great female practitioners of the genreHermynia Zur Mühlen (1883–1951), one of the twentieth century’s great political writers, was not seemingly destined for a revolutionary, unconventional literary career. Born in Vienna to an aristocratic Catholic family, Zur Mühlen married an Estonian count. But she rebelled, leaving her upper-class life to be with the Hungarian writer and Communist Stefan Klein, and supporting herself through translations and publications. Altogether, Zur Mühlen wrote thirty novels, mysteries, and story collections, and translated around 150 works, including those of Upton Sinclair, John Galsworthy, and Edna Ferber. A wonderful new addition to the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales Series, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales presents English readers with a selection of Zur Mühlen’s best political fairy tales, some translated from German for the first time.In contrast to the classical tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Zur Mühlen’s candid, forthright stories focus on social justice and the plight of the working class, with innovative plots intended to raise the political consciousness of readers young and old. For example, in “The Glasses,” readers are encouraged to rip off the glasses that deceive them, while in “The Carriage Horse,” horses organize a union to resist their working and living conditions. In “The Broom,” a young worker learns how to sweep away injustice.With an informative introduction by Jack Zipes and period illustrations by George Grosz, John Heartfield, Heinrich Vogeler, and Karl Holtz, The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales revives the legacy of a notable female artist whose literary and political work remains relevant in our own time UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691201269?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691201269 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691201269/original ER -