Cashdan, Sheldon,

The witch must die : how fairy tales shape our lives / [print] Sheldon Cashdan. - first edition. - New York : Basic Books, (c)1999. - x, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



Once upon a time -- The witch within : the sleeping beauties -- Vanity : mirror, mirror, on the wall -- Gluttony : where bread crumbs lead -- Envy : if the slipper fits ... -- Objects that love -- Deceit : spinning tales, weaving lies -- Lust : a tail of the sea -- Greed : the beanstalk's bounty -- Sloth : Geppetto's dream -- Inside Oz : off to see the wizard -- Once upon a future -- Appendix I : Using fairy tales -- Appendix II : Finding fairy tales.



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Fairy tales--History and criticism.
Fairy tales--Social aspects.

GR550.C338.W583 1999