From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers
London: Vintage, 1995. Soft cover. 8vo. Fine. Item #008360
Soft cover. xxi, 458 pp. Light bumping to corners. Small chip to spine head. Gift inscription to ffep. [16] pp. plates of colour photos, plus B&W frontis. and photos in text. Entrancing, multi-layered and as wittily subversive as fairy tales themselves, this beautifully illustrated work explores and illuminates the unfolding history of the famous tales, the contexts in which they flourished, and the tellers themselves - from ancient sibyls and old crones to Angela Carter and Disney.
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