The Queen's Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women, 1780-1900

by Shawn C. Jarvis

Book Overview

This exciting and comprehensive anthology--the first anthology of German women's fairy tales in English--presents a variety of published and archival fairy tales from 1780 to 1900. These authors of these stories used fairy tales to explain their own lives, to teach children, to examine history, and to critique society and the status quo. Powerful and conflicted females are queens, girls on quests, mothers, daughters, magical wisewomen, and midwives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803261810
• ISBN13: 9780803261815
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"