Fairy tales and fables from Weimar days / edited and translated by Jack Zipes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Recovering the Utopian spirit of the Weimar fairy tales and fables -- [pt. 1]. Learning from mistakes -- Happiness / Kurt Schwitters -- A fairy tale about God and kings / Carl Ewald -- The giant and his suit of armor / Edwin Hoernle -- The little king and the sun / Edwin Hoernle -- The boy who wanted to fight with a dragon / Berta Lask -- Kuttel Daddeldu tells his children the fairy tale about Little Red Cap / Joachim Ringelnatz -- The fence / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- The servant / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- The victor / Béla Balás -- The patched pants / Bruno Schönlank -- The fairy tale about the wise man / Eugen Lewin-Dorsch -- [pt. 2]. Kings, tyrants, misers, and other fools -- The holy wetness / Maria Szucisch -- The enchanted king / Robert Grötzsch -- Burufu the magician / Robert Grötzsch -- Baberlababb / Oskar Maria Graf -- The fairy tale about the king / Oskar Maria Graf -- The castle with the three windows / Heinrich Schulz -- The giant spider / Anna Mosegaard -- [pt. 3]. Animal wisdom -- Felix the fish / Robert Grötzsch -- The poodle and the schnauzer / Edwin Hoernle -- The chameleon / Edwin Hoernle -- The triumph of the wolves / Felix Fechenbach -- The revolution in the zoo / Felix Fechenbach -- The chameleon / Felix Fechenbach -- The fairy tale about the bear, the wolf and the sly fox / Béla Illés -- [pt. 5]. Freedom through solidarity -- The quiet engine room / Heinrich Schulz -- The Glasses / Hermynia Zur Mühlen.

Translated from German.