Out of the Woods: The Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Out of the Woods: The Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France, edited by Nancy L. Canepa.

This thought-provoking book explores the history of fairy tales in Italy and France in the 17th and 18th centuries. It successfully places the fairy tale genre in the context of a complex social, cultural, and literary ...

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