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From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers

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Based on 1,277 Ratings and 92 Reviews

Book Description
One dare not even call it seminal, yet in this ground-breaking work, English novelist and historian Marina Warner casts herself as the female Joseph Campbell in a fascinating and lively book that opens with the observation that "storytelling makes women thrive -- and not exclusively women," and then lifts the veil on both tellers and tales ranging from Sibyl to the late, great Angela Carter, from ... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages463
ISBN-100374159017
ISBN-13978-0374159016
Publication Date09/1995
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About Marina Warner (Author) : Marina Warner is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Marina Warner include Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (New ... more
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