Lucky Hans and other Merz fairy tales / Kurt Schwitters ; translated and introduced by Jack Zipes ; illustrated by Irvine Peacock.
| Author/creator | Schwitters, Kurt |
| Other author | Zipes, Jack, 1937- |
| Other author | Peacock, Irvine. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xiii, 235 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Works. Selections. English. 2009 |
| Series | Oddly modern fairy tales Oddly modern fairy tales. ^A1010905 |
| Contents | Tales written in German: The Swineherd and the great, illustrious writer -- Lucky Hans -- Happiness -- The little clock spirit and the lovers -- The proud young woman -- An olde fairy tale -- The scarecrow -- He -- Fish and man -- The squinting doll -- Three suitcases -- Fairy tale -- A king without people -- The story about the good man -- Happy country -- The story about the rabbit -- The three wishes -- The ugly young woman: a fairy tale -- The two brothers -- The fish and the ship's propeller -- Transformations -- He who is mentally retarded -- Hans and Grete: a fairy tale about children who live in the woods -- The fairy tale about happiness -- Normal insanity -- What is happiness -- The man with the glass nose -- Once upon a time there was a tiny mouse -- Tales written in English: The flat and the round painter -- London: a fairy tale -- The flying fish -- Twopenny novel about an ugly girl. |
| General note | Translation of selections from: Der glückliche Hans and Merz. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-235) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008024836 |
| ISBN | 9780691139678 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691139679 (hardcover : alk. paper) |