num_pages: 458
description: Entrancing, multi-layered and as wittily subversive as fairy tales themselves, this beautifully illustrated work explores and illuminates the unfolding history of famous fairy tales and the contexts in which they flourished. It also lifts the curtain on the tellers themselves - from ancient sibyls and old crones to the more modern Angela Carter and, of course, Walt Disney. A brilliant compendium of folklore, fairytales and learning which reveals unexpected links and histories behind some of our oldest and most-loved tales.
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: Writing, Nonfiction, Essays, Feminism, Mythology, Research, Fairy Tales, Folklore, History, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 1411
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Myth and Fantasy Studies, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Harvey Darton Award
publisher: Vintage (Random House)