Translations of the forewords and afterwords by original fairy tale authors and commentaries by their contemporaries, material that has not been widely published in English.
Most early fairy tale authors had a lot to say about what they wrote. Charles Perrault explained his sources and recounted friends reactions. His niece Marie-Jeanne Lheritier and her friend Marie-Cath
It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes were falling from the sky like feathers. Now, a queen sat sewing at a window framed in black ebony... Suddenly she pricked her finger and three drops of
In this well-illustrated text, Dr. Denney asserts that the artists who image Diana, Princess of Wales, have framed her according to a cultural memory based on traditions of royal portraiture and accor
