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A powerful history of Western fairytale storytellers (for the most part, it focuses exclusively on the Western fairytale tradition). The first half traces the history of the storytellers—from French literary tellers like L'Heritier and d'Aulnoy to the Grimm brother's mainly female sources; to how the image of Mother Goose and old women storytellers developed (a combination of goose symbology, Saint Anne, the sibyls, and the social attitude toward older women). The second half examines specific t
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Fairy tales feel out the rules: the forbidden door opens on to terra nova where different rules apply. Curiosity, so closely linked to speech, runs live electricity through many of the stories, and though the questor...is often punished for not abiding by the rules, the story also runs against its own grain by rewarding her just the same (p. 415).
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From the Beast to the Blonde took me a couple months to work my way through, but the good kind of "work" that's fun; plus, I learned A LOT. Already add ...more
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