Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days Collected Utopian Tales / Ne
This book is a collection of traditional German fairy tales and fables, deliberately transformed into utopian narratives and social commentary by political activists in the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Against a backdrop of financial and political instabi
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Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days
Jack Zipes Editor
Fairy Tales and Fables from Weimar Days Collected Utopian Tales / New and Revised Edition
Editor Jack Zipes University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA Translated by Jack Zipes
ISBN 978-3-319-69274-6 ISBN 978-3-319-69275-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69275-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017962405 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Sharon Singer Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
The mirror of the fairy tale has not become opaque, and the manner of wish-fulfilment that peers forth from it is not entirely without a home. It all adds up to this: the fairy tale narrates a wish-fulfilment that is not bound by its own time and the apparel of its contents. In contrast to the legend which is always tied to a particular locale, the fairy tale remains unbound. Not only does the fairy tale remain as fresh as longing and love, but the demonically evil, which is abundant in the fairy tale, is still seen at work here in the present, and the happiness of ‘once upon a time’, which is even more abundant, still affects our vision of the future. —Ernst Bloch, ‘The Fairy Tale Moves on Its Own in Time’ (1930)
Contents
Part I Introduction 1 ecovering the Utopian Spirit of Fairy Tales and Fables R from the Weimar Republic 3 Jack Zipes
Part II Learning from Mistakes 27 Happiness (1925) 29 Kurt Schwitters Fairy Tale About God and Kings (1921) 33 A Carl Ewald he Giant and His Suit of Armour (1920) 37 T Edwin Hoernle he Boy Who Wanted to Fight with a Dragon (1921)
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