The Queen's Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women, 1780-1900

by Shawn C. Jarvis

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This exciting and comprehensive anthology--the first anthology of German women's fairy tales in English--presents a variety of published and archival fairy tales from 1780 to 1900. These authors of these stories used fairy tales to explain their own lives, to teach children, to examine history, and to critique society and the status quo. Powerful and conflicted females are queens, girls on quests, mothers, daughters, magical wisewomen, and midwives...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803261810

ISBN13:9780803261815

Release Date:May 2001

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:388 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Anthologies Anthologies & Literary Collections Contemporary Criticism & Theory Fairy Tales Fiction General History & Criticism Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods Mythology & Folk Tales Short Stories Women Writers Women's Studies World Literature

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