The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre

by JackZipes (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2012

  $38.94

  Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation.