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Little Read Writing‐Hood and Gramma Translation
Author(s) -
Irwin John Scott
Publication year - 1941
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1941.tb03026.x
Subject(s) - seriousness , quarter (canadian coin) , salt (chemistry) , history , literature , art , philosophy , chemistry , archaeology , epistemology , organic chemistry
Author's note: I have often wondered what would happen if one were to take two folk tales and mix them, as if two folk tunes were to be played simultaneously. As an experiment, I have selected Little Red Riding‐Hood and Daudet's La Chèvre de M. Seguin. To these I have added miscellaneous ingredients, including, as I trust will appear, a pinch of salt and a quarter‐teaspoonful of seriousness. This mixture I stirred with a stick and brought to a boil over a slow fire. The vapor is as follows.