Fairy Tale as Myth/myth as Fairy TaleUniversity Press of Kentucky - Social Science |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Origins of the Fairy Tale | 17 |
Rumpelstiltskin and the Decline of Female Productivity | 49 |
Breaking the Disney Spell | 72 |
Spreading Myths about Iron John | 96 |
Oz as American Myth | 119 |
The Contemporary American Fairy Tale | 139 |
Notes | 162 |
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