Twice upon a Time: Women Writers and the History of the Fairy Tale (Paperback)

by Elizabeth Wanning Harries (Author) "WHY DO we read the books we read?..." (more)
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A highly readable work which engages with important questions in feminist literary criticism and fairy-tale research. -- Karen Seago , Marvels and Tales

This is a highly readable work which engages with important questions in feminist literary criticism and fairy-tale research and offers a valuable and well-argued rereading of the history of the fairy tale. -- Review

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In this elegant study the scholar Elizabeth Wanning Harries gives their due to the counteuses--the 17th century French ladies . . . who entertained their salons with witty, sophisticated fantasies about imaginary princes and princesses. . . . Harries suggests, with culture today fragmented into myriad products and market niches, fairy tales may be our only universal point of reference, the only cultural language we speak in common.
(Amanda Heller The Boston Globe )

To read Harries's study is to have that all too rare experience of recognizing that this book needed to be written and is full of truths.
(Choice )

This is a highly readable work which engages with important questions in feminist literary criticism and fairy-tale research and offers a valuable and well-argued rereading of the history of the fairy tale.
(Karen Seago Marvels and Tales )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press (September 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0691115672
• ISBN-13: 978-0691115672
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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