Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes

Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales

Jack Zipes

303 pages first pub 1979 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology adventurous slow-paced
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This revised, expanded, and updated edition of the 1979 landmark Breaking the Magic Spell examines the enduring power of fairy tales and the ways they invade our subjective world. In seven provocative essays, Zipes discusses the importance of inve...

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