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From the beast to the blonde
on fairy tales and their tellers
By Warner, Marina
- ISBN
- 978-0-37415-901-6
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1995
In this scholarly, original, and insightful study, Warner (Alone of Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary, 1983) explores the relationship between fairy tales and their historical and social contexts. She persuasively demonstrates that the teller of the tale-whether a prophesying enchantress luring knights to their doom or the jolly old beldame...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
