From the beast to the blonde; on fairy tales and their tellers

Excellent history of the fairy tale genre and its writers.. The fairy tale as a fiction genre. The themes and motives that they express.. Interpretations of Beauty and the beast, Donkeyskin, Bluebeard, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Briar Rose, The Little Mermaid, Bluebeard, Donkeyskin, Mother Goose, Red Riding Hood,. Birds: (Stork, goose, duck, ibis), p51-65.. Christianity : Christianity and fairy tales, see index.. Fairy Tales -- Writers : Perrot d'Ablancourt, Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, Rene d' Anjou, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Louise Auneuil, Lucius Apuleius, Giambattista Basile, Italo Calvino, Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Max Ernst, Homer, Jean de La Fountaine, Andrew Lang, Marie-Jeanne L'Heritier de Villandon, Maurice Maeterlinck, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau Murat, Meret Oppenheim, Charles Perrault, Christine de Pizan, Dorothea Viehmann, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon de Villeneuve, Jacobus de Voragine, et al, see index under individual name.. Women Authors : Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Louise Auneuil, Leonora Carrington, Angela Carter, Marie-Jeanne L'Heritier de Villandon, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau Murat, Meret Oppenheim, Christine de Pizan, Dorothea Viehmann, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot Gallon de Villeneuve, et al, see index under individual name.

First pub. in the United Kingdom by Chatto & Windus.

Chapters:. 1. The enchantress. 2. The old wives' tale: Gossips 1. 3. Word of mouth: Gossips 2 (p40-41 - illus. - Tittle-Tattle, or the Several Branches of Gossipping, 1603). 4. Game old birds: Gossips 3, p12-25; p26-50; p51-65.. 5. No hideous hum: Sibyls 1. 6. Saint Anne, dear Nan: Sibyls 2.. 7. The magic of the cross: Queen of Sheba 1. 8. The paving glass and the secret foot: Queen of Sheba 2. 9. On riddles, asses and the wisdom of fools. 10: Sweet talk, pleasant laughter: Seduction 1. 11: In the kingdom of fiction: Seduction 2. 12. Granny bonnets, wolves' cover: Seduction 3. 13. Absent mothers: Cinderella. 14: Wicked stepmothers: The Sleeping Beauty. 15. Demon lovers: Bluebeard 1. 16: The ogre's appetite: Bluebeard 2. 17: Reluctant brides: Beauty and the beast 1. 18: Go! Be a beast: Beauty and the beast 2. 19: The runaway girls: Donkeyskin 1. 20. The silence of the fathers: Donkeyskin 2. 21. The language of hair: Donkeyskin 3. 22: From the beast to the blonde: The language of hair 2. 23: The silence of the daughters: The Little Mermaid

Old wives' tales considered with a strong sense of historical context, with. fresh interpretations showing how real-life themes in these famous stories evolved: rivalry between women, the ways of men and marriage, neglect, incest, murder, death in childbirth, and racial prejudice.

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