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Condizione: Good. : Descubre los secretos de la jardinería con 'RHS Learn to Garden'. Este libro de tapa dura, publicado el 3 de marzo de 2005, ofrece 272 páginas de consejos y técnicas para cultivar tu propio jardín. Aprende sobre plantas, diseño de jardines y cómo mantener un espacio verde saludable. Ideal para principiantes y jardineros experimentados por igual. EAN: 9781405306195 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Ciencias Título: RHS Learn to Garden Autor: Peter Anderson| Guy Barter Editorial: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd Idioma: en Páginas: 272 Formato: tapa dura.…

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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 272 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The world's best-known fairy tales have changed beyond all recognition since they first entered folklore many centuries ago. Characters disappeared, endings were rewritten, darker elements were softened and uncomfortable themes gradually faded, leaving modern audiences with adaptations bearing little resemblance to their earliest surviving forms. The Grimm Origins of Children's Stories follows that remarkable transformation, revealing how familiar favourites evolved from unsettling beginnings into the celebrated classics recognised throughout the world today.Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, The Pied Piper and The Ugly Duckling are just some of the many fairy tales explored throughout these chapters. Folklore, historical records, religious symbolism, literary sources and long-forgotten customs combine to reveal how these enduring narratives developed across successive generations. Every chapter strips away another layer, exposing forgotten backgrounds concealed beneath stories that millions of readers believe they already understand.Their earliest surviving forms emerged from societies shaped by plague, famine, abandonment, violence, superstition and public execution, preserving the anxieties, hardships and beliefs of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Those experiences entered oral tradition before eventually finding permanent form within written collections, allowing them to survive long after the communities responsible for creating them had disappeared. Later adaptations softened much of their brutality, although countless traces continued surviving beneath every successive retelling.Many of the most familiar images carried meanings that earlier audiences immediately recognised without explanation. Wolves symbolised genuine danger, forests reflected uncertainty, poisoned food echoed everyday fears and wandering children mirrored tragedies experienced by countless families throughout Europe's troubled past. Hidden towers, spinning wheels, enchanted sleep, mysterious strangers, wicked stepmothers and countless other enduring motifs preserved warnings, cultural memory and deeply rooted beliefs that gradually faded from everyday understanding.Each chapter reveals another stage in that extraordinary transformation, showing precisely what changed, what vanished and what somehow survived despite centuries of revision. Forgotten customs, ancient symbolism, neglected traditions and striking historical connections steadily emerge, replacing familiar assumptions with an altogether different understanding of these enduring narratives. What ultimately appears extends far beyond the evolution of folklore, revealing an extraordinary record of the fears, values and experiences that shaped generations before modern adaptations ever existed.Cruelty, desperation, betrayal, grief, fear and the struggle to survive left permanent marks upon these narratives before they continued evolving across succeeding centuries. Looking beyond familiar adaptations reveals forgotten foundations that transform these enduring classics into something darker, older and considerably more unsettling than most people ever imagine. The greatest discoveries aren't found within enchanted kingdoms or magical creatures, but within the realities that first inspired these unforgettable tales.Once those forgotten beginnings come into focus, returning to familiar childhood favourites becomes an entirely different experience. The names remain unchanged, yet everything surrounding them acquires fresh meaning as centuries of forgotten history finally re-emerge. After discovering where these remarkable tales truly began, seeing them in quite the same way again becomes almost impossible. This item is printed on de Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The world's best-known fairy tales have changed beyond all recognition since they first entered folklore many centuries ago. Characters disappeared, endings were rewritten, darker elements were softened and uncomfortable themes gradually faded, leaving modern audiences with adaptations bearing little resemblance to their earliest surviving forms. The Grimm Origins of Children's Stories follows that remarkable transformation, revealing how familiar favourites evolved from unsettling beginnings into the celebrated classics recognised throughout the world today.Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, The Pied Piper and The Ugly Duckling are just some of the many fairy tales explored throughout these chapters. Folklore, historical records, religious symbolism, literary sources and long-forgotten customs combine to reveal how these enduring narratives developed across successive generations. Every chapter strips away another layer, exposing forgotten backgrounds concealed beneath stories that millions of readers believe they already understand.Their earliest surviving forms emerged from societies shaped by plague, famine, abandonment, violence, superstition and public execution, preserving the anxieties, hardships and beliefs of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Those experiences entered oral tradition before eventually finding permanent form within written collections, allowing them to survive long after the communities responsible for creating them had disappeared. Later adaptations softened much of their brutality, although countless traces continued surviving beneath every successive retelling.Many of the most familiar images carried meanings that earlier audiences immediately recognised without explanation. Wolves symbolised genuine danger, forests reflected uncertainty, poisoned food echoed everyday fears and wandering children mirrored tragedies experienced by countless families throughout Europe's troubled past. Hidden towers, spinning wheels, enchanted sleep, mysterious strangers, wicked stepmothers and countless other enduring motifs preserved warnings, cultural memory and deeply rooted beliefs that gradually faded from everyday understanding.Each chapter reveals another stage in that extraordinary transformation, showing precisely what changed, what vanished and what somehow survived despite centuries of revision. Forgotten customs, ancient symbolism, neglected traditions and striking historical connections steadily emerge, replacing familiar assumptions with an altogether different understanding of these enduring narratives. What ultimately appears extends far beyond the evolution of folklore, revealing an extraordinary record of the fears, values and experiences that shaped generations before modern adaptations ever existed.Cruelty, desperation, betrayal, grief, fear and the struggle to survive left permanent marks upon these narratives before they continued evolving across succeeding centuries. Looking beyond familiar adaptations reveals forgotten foundations that transform these enduring classics into something darker, older and considerably more unsettling than most people ever imagine. The greatest discoveries aren't found within enchanted kingdoms or magical creatures, but within the realities that first inspired these unforgettable tales.Once those forgotten beginnings come into focus, returning to familiar childhood favourites becomes an entirely different experience. The names remain unchanged, yet everything surrounding them acquires fresh meaning as centuries of forgotten history finally re-emerge. After discovering where these remarkable tales truly began, seeing them in quite the same way again becomes almost impossible. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…