Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale

by Marina Warner

Book Overview

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders and been passed on from generation to generation, ever-changing, renewed with each re-telling. Few forms of literature have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198718659
• ISBN13: 9780198718659
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.0"