About this title: This anthology of feminist fairy tales and critical essays acts as an example of how the literature of fantasy and imagination can be harnessed to create a new view of the world. It demonstrates how recent writers have changed the aesthetic constructs and social content of fairy tales to reflect cultural change since the 1960s in area of gender roles, socialization and education. It includes selected works from such writers as Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Jay Williams, and critical essays from Marcia Lieberman and Sandra Gilbert.
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Description: Very good. 1986 Methuen trade paperback. Cover has mild edge wear and light scratches; else copy is clean, tight (no spine crease) and unmarked. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Routledge, New York, NY, U.S. A
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780416013818ISBN:0416013813
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Apparent first edition; VG, covers slightly curled at edges, lamination peeling a bit on front cover. Owner's name stamp on inside f. cover. Last two blank pages are wrinkled. Otherwise unmarked, clean, tight copy. "The first comprehensive anthology of feminist fairy tales and essays to appear since the women's movement gained momentum in the 1960's". Includes fiction by writers including Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Joanna Russ and many others, as well as critical ... read more
Edition: 1st edition (Trade Paperback)
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Methuen, Inc, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780416013818ISBN:0416013813
Description: Very Good-. 1st printing. xiv. 270pp. Trade Paperback. 8-1/2 x 5-1/4" Color cover illustration "The Little Girl Who Did Not Believe in Fairies" by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale. b/w illustrations. ISBN 0416013813. ---First comprehensive anthology of feminist fairy tales and essays. Selected works by such writers as Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Tanith Lee, Anne Sexton, Jay Williams, Joanna Russ. Accompanying critical essays discuss how fairy tales play an important role in early socialization. ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul
Date Published: 1989-06-01
ISBN-13:9780415902632ISBN:0415902630
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780415902632ISBN:0415902630
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780415902632ISBN:0415902630
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Description: Reader copy. By Zipes; ISBN: 0415902630; Pub. : Routledge; Pub. Date: 1986-11-15; Media: Paperback; Weight: 12 oz.; water mark on bottom edge of book but text unaffected and still highly readable. by Zipes; ISBN: 0415902630; Pub. : Routledge; Pub. Date: 1986-11-15; Media: Paperback; Weight: 12 oz.; water mark on bottom edge of book but text unaffected and still highly readable. read more
Description: Good. 0415902630 Used; May have various defects typical of this condition such as underlining, highlighting, margin writing, general wear, etc.; However, often close to very good except for a few things. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scolar Press
Date Published: 26/03/1987
ISBN-13:9780566054600ISBN:0566054604
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scolar Press
Date Published: 26/03/1987
ISBN-13:9780566054600ISBN:0566054604
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scolar Press
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780566054600ISBN:0566054604
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"I checked this one out from the library but didn't get a chance to finish it, but you can bet I've already put another hold on it. Great tales of adventure, love, treachery and magic. All with wonderful female characters, both good and evil. What's nice about these are the tales that have positive male characters. Too often the "feminist" fairytale genre becomes a platform for talentless male bashing. Not so in this case. Just great stories with strong women and good men and really solid writing."
"Pretty charming collection of fairy tales with a feminist twist, bookended by a critical theory introduction and academic essays on the subject. The stories are in two sections, really basic fairy tales for younger readers, with simple twists like a questing princess instead of a prince, and more adult, complex ones -- which I wish I'd realized, since I was a little disappointed at first thinking there were only the simple stories. This was published in the 80s, so the criticism feels a tad dated, but it was still fun."
"I've dipped in and out of this book in the past but this is the first time I'm reading it cover to cover. Jack Zipes is a well-known fairy tale scholar and his introduction may be deeper background than I need but the stories themselves are accessible, with a strong feminist bias - and I mean that in the nicest possible way. Keep in mind that stories in this collection were written in the 1980's with the intention of offering an antidote to the male-dominant world of traditional tales."
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