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0553096990, 1994
Suggested by: probably a review eons ago
My Ratings: 8 Merit, 8 Interest, 9 Fun
This is probably targeted at the "young adult" audience, but it's a fun read for adults too, particularly in adults who recognize subtext in traditional fairy tales. Going along with that theme, Zipes points out that "[a]ll of the major protagonists of the most exciting fairy tales of the 1970s were female. Whether the tale was written by a man or a woman...." Not, by any means, to say that all the women in these stories are paragons of wondefulness.
The collection includes writings by everyone from A.S. Byatt to Tanith Lee, from Lloyd Alexander to Ernest Hemingway. (!) There is not one that was skippable. There are some "happily-ever-after" stories and some much more realistic and almost "sadly-ever-after" stories.
I really liked all the stories, and I like that this book took me less than 4 hours of concentrated reading time to finish!
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