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Author Maitland, Sara, 1950-

Title From the forest : a search for the hidden roots of our fairy tales / Sara Maitland ; photographs by Adam Lee.

Publication Info. Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  398.2 M28    DUE 05-01-24
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  398.2 MA    Check Shelf
Description 354 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-354).
Contents March: Airyolland Wood ; Thumbling -- April: Saltridge Wood ; The white snake -- May: The New Forest ; Rumpelstiltskin -- June: Epping Forest ; Hansel and Gretel -- July: Great North Wood ; Little Goosegirl -- August: Staverton Thicks ; The seven swans' sister -- September: Forest of Dean ; The seven dwarves -- October: Ballochbuie and the Forest of Mar ; Rapunzel -- November: Kielder Forest ; Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf -- December: The Purgatory Wood ; The four comrades -- January: Glenlee ; Dancing shoes -- February: Knockman Wood ; The dreams of the Sleeping Beauty.
Summary Explores forests as the origins of fairy tales.
Subject Fairy tales -- History and criticism.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Subject Fairy tales. (OCoLC)fst00919916
Added Author Lee, Adam.
ISBN 9781619020146
1619020149
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