num_pages: 179
description: This first paperback edition of the seminal work by the Swiss scholar Max Luthi will be welcomed by folklorists for its informative survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres (local legends and saints' lives) may be read.
language: English
title: Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales
titlecomplete: Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales
genres: Fairy Tales, Books About Books, Literary Criticism, Reference, Folklore, Literature, Mythology, Nonfiction, Theory
ratings_count: 93
publisher: Indiana University Press