Fairy Godfather: Anglo-American Prophecy in the Age of Revolution

by Ruth B. Bottigheimer

In the classic rags-to-riches fairy tale a penniless heroine (or hero), with some magic help, marries a royal prince (or princess) and rises to wealth. Received opinion has long been that stories like these originated among peasants, who passed them along by word of mouth from one place to another over the course of centuries. In a bold departure from conventional fairy tale scholarship, Ruth B. Bottigheimer asserts that city life and a single...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812236807
• ISBN13: 9780812236804
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.8"