Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and indexes.
Contents
Sex and violence: the hard core of fairy tales -- Fact and fantasy: the art of reading fairy tales -- Victims and seekers: the family romance of fairy tales -- Born yesterday: the spear side -- Spinning tales: the distaff side -- From nags to witches: stepmothers and other ogres -- Taming the beast: Bluebeard and other monsters.