Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-288) and index.
Contents:
I. Rewritten by adults : the inscription of children's literature -- II. "Teaching them a lesson" : the pedagogy of fear in fairy tales -- III. Just desserts : reward-and-punishment tales -- IV. Wilhelm Grimm / Maurice Sendak : Dear Mili and the art of dying happily ever after -- V. Daughters of Eve : fairy-tale heroines and their seven sins -- VI. Tyranny at home : "Catskin" and "Cinderella" -- VII. Beauties and beasts : from blind obedience to love at first sight -- VIII. "As sweet as love" : violence and the fulfillment of wishes -- IX. Table matters : cannibalism and oral greed -- X. Telling differences : parents vs. children in "The juniper tree" -- Epilogue : reinvention through intervention.
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