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ENGL& 102: Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends, with Martha Nagel: We Have Great Books & eBooks!

Books & ebooks

The Library has a great collection of fairy tale themed books and ebooks, which contain literary criticisms and analysis. Click on the cover for the titles below to locate the book. To find additional books on your modern theme, use the box to search the full library collection:

Disability, Deformity, and Disease in the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimms' Bad Girls and Bold Boys: The Moral & Social Vision of the Tales
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
Children into Swans: Fairy Tales and the Pagan Imagination
Once upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tales
The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
The Witch Must Die: How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre
Relentless Progress: The Reconfiguration of Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, and Storytelling
The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms' Folk and Fairy Tales
Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
Fairy Tales Transformed?  Twenty-first-century Adaptations and the Politics of Wonder
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
Channeling Wonder:  Fairy Tales on Television
Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution and Relevance of a Genre
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding
Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy  Tale
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales In North America and England
Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales