Twice Upon a Time: Women Writers and the History of the Fairy Tale

Twice Upon a Time: Women Writers and the History of the Fairy Tale
ISBN-10
0691115672
ISBN-13
9780691115672
Series
Twice Upon a Time
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
232
Language
English
Published
2003-09-22
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Elizabeth Wanning Harries

Description

Harries introduces the stories written by 17th century French women, or conteuses, female storytellers. Their stories omitted from the traditional, largely male-authored, fairy tale "canon."

Other editions

Similar books

  • Twice Upon a Time
    By James Riley

    Jack, of the village of Giant's Hand, is now accompanied by a prince as he continues trying to help a reluctant princess find her family, while also attempting to save a city full of fairies from a nameless curse.

  • Half Upon a Time
    By James Riley

    the Red Hood demanded. “What do you want!” May shook her head. “Oh no, lady,” she said. “You are gonna answer our questions. Where's my grandmother!” “Your ... what?” the Hood asked, sounding confused. “What are you talking about?

  • Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time: 12th Doctor Novelisation
    By Paul Cornell

    Discover the new Doctor Who classics.

  • Twice Upon a Time
    By Avery Hall, John Korty

    Two heroes with good intentions are tricked into releasing the Magic Mainspring from the Cosmic Clock, which stops time and freezes everyone in the land.

  • Twice Upon a Time #2: Sleeping Beauty, The One Who Took the Really Long Nap
    By Wendy Mass

    The girl's been asleep for a hundred years.

  • Robin Hood, the One Who Looked Good in Green (Twice Upon a Time #4)
    By Wendy Mass

    An exciting new story in the Twice Upon A Time series from Wendy Mass! There's two sides to every story . . . this time it's Robin Hood and Maid Marian like you've never seen them before.

  • Twice Upon a Time
    By Denise Little

    And what happens when the excitement's over and the heroes and heroines have to live with the choices they've made? Here's your chance to find out. -- from cover.

  • Beauty and the Beast: The Only One who Didn't Run Away
    By Wendy Mass

    Wendy Mass tells the story of Beauty and the Beast, as never heard before When you're stuck with the name Beauty, people expect a lot from you - like beauty and grace and courage and a sense of style.

  • Twice Upon a Time: Stories
    By Daniel Stern

    More sly and imaginative tributes to some of the greatest writing of the modern age, from author Daniel Stern In Twice Told Tales, Stern wonderfully reimagined classics of world literature—from Forster to Freud—in homage to their ...

  • Once Upon a Chef: Weeknight/Weekend: 70 Quick-Fix Weeknight Dinners + 30 Luscious Weekend Recipes: A Cookbook
    By Jennifer Segal

    I literally want to make everything from this cookbook!”—Gina Homolka, author of The Skinnytaste Cookbook Jennifer Segal, author of the blog and bestselling cookbook Once Upon a Chef, is known for her foolproof, updated spins on ...