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"A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerer's apprentice tale throughout history""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, ""sorcerer's apprentice"" tales-in which a young person rebels against, or complies with, an authority who holds the keys to magical powers-have been told through the centuries from classical times to today. This collection brings together more than fifty sorcerer's apprentice stories by a plethora of writers, including Ovid, Sir Walter Scott, and the Brothers Grimm. In an extensive introduction, fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes discusses the significance of the apprentice stories, the contradictions in popular retellings, and the importance of magic as a tool of resistance against figures who abuse their authority. Twenty specially commissioned black-and-white illustrations by noted artist Natalie Frank bring the stories to visual life."

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oeA selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer (TM)s apprentice. Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research oeAn eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald oeJack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. Alison Lurie, author of Don (TM)t Tell the Grown-Ups oeIt is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes (TM)s The Sorcerer (TM)s Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland oeA comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank (TM)s gorgeous illustrations. Library Journal

A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer's apprentice. -Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. -Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. -Alison Lurie, author of Don't Tell the Grown-Ups It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. -Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations. -Library Journal

A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer's apprentice. --Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations. --Library Journal An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. --Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. --Alison Lurie, author of Don't Tell the Grown-Ups It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. --Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland

An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. --Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. --Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer's apprentice. --Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. --Alison Lurie, author of Don't Tell the Grown-Ups A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations. --Library Journal

A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer's apprentice. --Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. --Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. --Alison Lurie, author of Don't Tell the Grown-Ups It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. --Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations. --Library Journal

A comprehensive anthology. . . . Also of note are artist Frank's gorgeous illustrations. -Library Journal It is not often that a new book comes along that is both a breakthrough in scholarly terms and also a magnificent work of art. Jack Zipes's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, illustrated by Natalie Frank, is both. -Maria Tatar, Breezes from Wonderland Jack Zipes has always been a kind of sorcerer himself, skilled in discovering, transforming, translating, and understanding the old tales of magic that appear in different but similar forms all over the world. This is a wonderful collection. -Alison Lurie, author of Don't Tell the Grown-Ups An eclectic collection . . . spanning millennia and continents. -Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald A selection of high-quality tales. . . . This book offers a convincing explanation for the immortality of tales featuring the sorcerer's apprentice. -Yelena Francis, Journal of Folklore Research

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Jack Zipes is the editor and translator of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Princeton) and the editor of The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (Norton). Natalie Frank is an American artist whose work is in multiple museum collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum.

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