The Heroine with 1,001 Faces dismantles the cult of warrior heroes, revealing a secret history of heroinism at the very heart of our collective cultural imagination. Maria Tatar, a leading authority on fairy tales and folklore, explores how heroines ... Zobraziť viac
Our worldwide storytelling heritage is vast and varied and yet contains common threads, themes and motifs running throughout the many legends, whether they hail from the dusty plains of Africa or the cherry-blossom-blanketed hills of Japan. This... Zobraziť viac
An international group of scholars explores the historical origins, cultural dissemination and continuing literary and psychological power of fairy tales. Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Perhaps no fairy tale is as widely known as 'Beauty and the Beast' - and perhaps no fairy tale exists in... Zobraziť viac
