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Book Synopsis
Survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres may be read.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Sleeping Beauty
The Meaning and Form of Fairy Tales

2 The Seven Sleepers
Saint's Legend-Local Legend-Fairy Tale

3 The Dragon Slayer
The Style of the Fairy Tale

4 The Uses of Fairy Tales
Cinderella-Hansel and Gretel-The While Snake

5 The Little Earth-Cow
Symbolism in the Fairy Tale

6 The Living Doll
Local Legend and Fairy Tale

7 Animal Stories
A Glimpse of the Tales of Primitive Peoples

8 Rapunzel
The Fairy Tale as Representation of a Maturation Process

9 The Riddle Princess
Cunning , Jest and Sagacity

10 The Fairy-Tale Hero
The Image of Man in the Fairy Tale

11 The Miracle in Literature

Reference Notes
Index

Once Upon a Time On the Nature of Fairy Tales

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/09/1976
      ISBN13: 9780253202031, 978-0253202031
      ISBN10: 0253202035

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres may be read.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 Sleeping Beauty
      The Meaning and Form of Fairy Tales

      2 The Seven Sleepers
      Saint's Legend-Local Legend-Fairy Tale

      3 The Dragon Slayer
      The Style of the Fairy Tale

      4 The Uses of Fairy Tales
      Cinderella-Hansel and Gretel-The While Snake

      5 The Little Earth-Cow
      Symbolism in the Fairy Tale

      6 The Living Doll
      Local Legend and Fairy Tale

      7 Animal Stories
      A Glimpse of the Tales of Primitive Peoples

      8 Rapunzel
      The Fairy Tale as Representation of a Maturation Process

      9 The Riddle Princess
      Cunning , Jest and Sagacity

      10 The Fairy-Tale Hero
      The Image of Man in the Fairy Tale

      11 The Miracle in Literature

      Reference Notes
      Index

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