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TITLE:
The Oxford companion to fairy tales / edited by Jack Zipes.
Publication Date:
2000
Publication Information:
Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press,
Physical Description:
601 p. : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Summary:
From its ancient roots in the oral tradition to the postmodernist reworkings of the present day, the fairy tale has retained its powerful hold over the cultural imagination of Europe and North America. Now The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales provides the first authoritative reference source for this complex, captivating genre.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780198601159
General Note:
"The western fairy tale tradition from medieval to modern."