The hard facts of the Grimms' fairy tales

I. Children's literature?

1. Sex and violence : the hard core of fairy tales

2. Fact and fantasy : the art of reading fairy tales

3. Victims and seekers : the family romance of fairy tales

II. Heroes

4. Born yesterday : The spear side

5. Spinning tales : the distaff side

III. Villains

6. From nags to witches : stepmothers and other ogres

7. Taming the beast : Bluebeard and other monsters

Epilogue : getting even

Appendixes

A. Six fairy tales from the Nursery and household tales, with commentary

B. Selected tales from the first edition of the Nursery and household tales

C. Prefaces to the first and second editions of the Nursery and household tales

D. English titles, tale numbers, and German titles of stories cited

E. Bibliographical note.