Definition and classification
"The pied piper" as folktale
Origin of "The pied piper"
History and dissemination
Significance and survival
The phrase "to pay the piper"
"The pied piper" as ambivalent symbol
Examples and texts
Early variants of "The pied piper"
"The pied piper" and the Brothers Grimm
Later variants of the folktale
The English "Pied piper" tradition
"Pied piper" folk songs
Scholarship and approaches
Comprehensive studies
Historical analyses
Folkloristic investigations
Literary reconsiderations
Contexts
Robert Browning's "The pied piper of Hamelin"
"Pied piper" poems
Prose, drama, music, and film adaptations
Caricatures, cartoons, and comic strips
Art, cards, stamps, and puzzles
The pied piper in advertisements
"Pied piper" book titles and headlines
The folklorism of Hamelin.
OBNB doesn't sell books, but you may be able to find a copy at one of these websites:
The Pied Piper : a handbook by Wolfgang Mieder. ISBN 0313334641. Published by Greenwood in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
