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  • Fairy Godfather

    Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition

    by Ruth B. Bottigheimer ...
    In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another over the course of centuries. In a bold departure from conventional fairy tale scholarship, Ruth B. ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Fairy Godfather

    Straparola, Venice, and the Fairy Tale Tradition

    by Ruth B. Bottigheimer ...
    In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another over the course of centuries. In a bold departure from conventional fairy tale scholarship, Ruth B. ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Fairy Tales Framed

    Early Forewords, Afterwords, and Critical Words

    Edited by Ruth B. Bottigheimer ...
    Translations of the forewords and afterwords by original fairy tale authors and commentaries by their contemporaries, material that has not been widely published in English.2012 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleMost early fairy tale authors had a lot to say about what they wrote. Charles Perrault explained his sources and recounted friends' reactions. His niece Marie-Jeanne Lhéritier and her ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • A Companion to the Fairy Tale

    by Hilda R Ellis Davidson, James Riordan, Joyce Thomas, Mary Brockington, Neil Philip, Pat Schaefer, Patricia Lysaght, Reimund Kvideland, Robin Gwyndaf, Ruth Bottigheimer0, T A Shippey1, Anna Chaudhri3, Bengt Holbek4, David Blamires5, David Hunt6, Derek S Brewer7, Graham Anderson8 ...
    Introduction by Derek Brewer.The aim of this book is to discuss the characteristics of the traditional fairy tale in Europe and North America, and various theories of its development and interpretation. The book deals with the main collections - the Grimm brothers, Hans Andersen, Perrault and Afanes'ev - and with the development of tales in various regions of Europe, including Ireland, Wales, ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Fairy Tales and Society

    Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm

    Edited by Ruth B. Bottigheimer ...
    This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Fairy Tales and Society

    Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm

    Edited by Ruth B. Bottigheimer ...
    This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social values, often through the use of fixed characters and situations, to a far greater extent than any other oral or literary form. In many societies, ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

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  • Breaking the Magic Spell

    Radical Theories of Folk & Fairy Tales

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    "Zipes ably demonstrates that moral, political, religious, and other ideologies have shaped these apparently innocent narratives." — Lore and LanguageThis revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of ... Read more

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    Translated by Harry Tucker Jr. ...
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  • Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

    by Jack Zipes ...
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    People, Places, and Hidden Histories

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