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The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales

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The Lost Princess: Women Writers and the History of Classic Fairy Tales

$25.00
$23.42
Sale 6%
 
Once upon a time: the forgotten female fabulists whose heroines flipped the fairy tale script.

People often associate fairy tales with Disney films and with the male authors from whom Disney often drew inspiration--notably Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen. In these portrayals, the princess is a passive, compliant figure. By contrast, The Lost Princess shows that classic fairy tales such as "Cinderella," "Rapunzel," and "Beauty and the Beast" have a much richer, more complex history than Disney's saccharine depictions. Anne E. Duggan recovers the voices of women writers such as Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Marie-Jeanne L'H?ritier, and Charlotte-Rose de La Force, who penned popular tales about ogre-killing, pregnant, cross-dressing, dynamic heroines who saved the day. This new history will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about the lost, plucky heroines of historic fairy tales.


Author: Anne E. Duggan
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Publication Date: Dec 04, 2023
Number of Pages: 320 pages
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10: 1789147697
ISBN-13: 9781789147698
 

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