Description
| Product ID: | 9780691159553 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Irresistible Fairy Tale |
| Subtitle: | The Cultural and Social History of a Genre |
| Authors: | Author: Jack Zipes |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), Folklore, myths & legends |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indelible and infinitely adaptable part of cultures around the world. |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-10-06 |