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From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

by Marina Warner · 1994

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In this landmark study of the history and meaning of fairy tales, the celebrated cultural critic Marina Warner looks at storytelling in art and legend-from the prophesying enchantress who lures men to a false paradise, to jolly Mother Goose with her masqueraders in the real world. Why are storytellers so often women, and how does that affect the status of fairy tales? Are they a source of wisdom or a misleading temptation to indulge in romancing?

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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fairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of thisfairy tale retellingsfairy tale retellingsMore like thisLess of thisfolklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of this
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feminismfeminismMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of thisgendergenderMore like thisLess of thisstorytellingstorytellingMore like thisLess of thiswomenwomenMore like thisLess of this
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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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adultchildrens
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long · 463 pages
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essaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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