num_pages: 200
description: Jack Zipes explores the evolution of folk and fairy tales, their influence on popular beliefs, the politics behind them, and their incorporation in mass media culture today.
language: English
title: Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
titlecomplete: Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
genres: Fairy Tales, Literary Criticism, Sociology, Research, Folklore, Literature, Writing, Mythology, Nonfiction, Academic
ratings_count: 287
publisher: Routledge