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Book Description
The stories of magic and transformation that we call fairy tales are one of the oldest known forms of literature, and also one of the most popular and enduring. While most people think of the fairy tale as having come into existence almost magically long ago, they are in fact still being
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Book Details
- English Books
- Paperback 480 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0192803832
- ISBN-13: 9780192803832
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Pub date: May 15, 2003
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| 9780192803832 | Paperback | $17.95 | -- | The Book Depository |
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Stand the baby on its head
What is the point of fairy tales? Morals, politics, economics? Yes, but that gets us nowhere. Poetry, fantasy, romance? Why not archness, whimsy, sentiment? The poetical fairy tale, even a wry modern one like Thurber’s ‘The Unicorn in the Garden’, is ... (read full critics)