num_pages: 463
description: In this landmark study of the history and meaning of fairy tales, the celebrated cultural critic Marina Warner looks at storytelling in art and legend-from the prophesying enchantress who lures men to a false paradise, to jolly Mother Goose with her masqueraders in the real world. Why are storytellers so often women, and how does that affect the status of fairy tales? Are they a source of wisdom or a misleading temptation to indulge in romancing?
language: English
title: From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
titlecomplete: From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
genres: History, Feminism, Writing, Mythology, Essays, Research, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1410
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Myth and Fantasy Studies, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Harvey Darton Award
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux