Flemish Fairy Tales
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Flemish Fairy Tales
19.99 €
The collection includes forty-eight fairy tales from Flanders and Brabant, most of which were collected and recorded by the Belgian writer and artist Jean de Boscher (1878–1953). The tales are divided into two cycles: “People and Animals” and “Christmas Tales”. All texts are translated by Sergei Yuryevich Afonkin. The book is decorated with color and black-and-white illustrations by de Boscher.
The prototypes of some of the heroes of the Flemish tales are found in the folklore of various European countries, but most of the characters have characteristic Flemish features. The tales in the collection have a certain elegance characteristic of the country that gave birth to the famous school of painting, and the freshness of their presentation pays a kind of tribute to the creative imagination of the people of Flanders. Flemish folk tales were collected by different people. Some of the Flemish tales were published at the end of the 19th century in the collection "That's What the Flemings Tell", some were included in an academic collection compiled by J. Takeling, and the third part was collected and literary processed by the Belgian writer Jean de Boscher; in this book, the tales are combined into the cycle "People and Animals".
The prototypes of some of the heroes of the Flemish tales are found in the folklore of various European countries, but most of the characters have characteristic Flemish features. The tales in the collection have a certain elegance characteristic of the country that gave birth to the famous school of painting, and the freshness of their presentation pays a kind of tribute to the creative imagination of the people of Flanders. Flemish folk tales were collected by different people. Some of the Flemish tales were published at the end of the 19th century in the collection "That's What the Flemings Tell", some were included in an academic collection compiled by J. Takeling, and the third part was collected and literary processed by the Belgian writer Jean de Boscher; in this book, the tales are combined into the cycle "People and Animals".
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