The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

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Wolf, Friedrich

Wolf, Friedrich (pseudonym of Johannes Laicus, 1817–55),
German scholar, writer, and publisher. Influenced by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's theories of the folk tale's authenticity, he collected traditional oral tales and published them with a scholarly commentary. His three volumes of folk tales are aimed at an adult readership: Niederländische Sagen (Dutch Legends, 1843), Deutsche Märchen und Sagen (German Popular Tales and Legends, 1845), Deutsche Hausmärchen (German Household Tales, 1851).

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