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Fairy tales, often said to be ''timeless'' and fundamentally ''oral,'' have a long written history. However, argues Elizabeth Wanning Harries in this provocative book, a vital part of this history has fallen by the wayside. The short, subtly didactic fairy tales of Charles Perrault and the Grimms have determined our notions about what fairy tales should be like. Harries argues that alongside these ''compact'' tales there exists another, ''complex'' tradition: tales written in France by the ...

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Literature Social Sciences Literary Criticism Folklore & Mythology American Literature General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism Genres & Literary Forms French Literature General & Miscellaneous American Literature - Literary Criticism Women Authors - American (U.S.) - Literary Criticism Fables, Fairy Tales, & Folk Tales - Literary Criticism Fairy Tales General & Miscellaneous French Literature - Literary Criticism European & Russian Folklore & Mythology Women Authors - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism Folklore - General & Miscellaneous Mythology - General & Miscellaneous American fiction->Women authors->History and criticism Fairy tales->France->History and criticism

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