5. SPINNING TALES. The Distaff Side

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. PREFACE TO THE PRINCE TON CLASSICS EDITION xiii
5. PREFACE (2003) xxi
6. PREFACE xxxiii
7. I. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE?
8. 1. SEX AND VIOLENCE. The Hard Core of Fairy Tales 3
9. 2. FACT AND FANTASY. The Art of Reading Fairy Tales 39
10. 3. VICTIMS AND SEEKERS. The Family Romance of Fairy Tales 58
11. II. HEROES
12. 4. BORN YESTERDAY. The Spear Side 85
13. 5. SPINNING TALES. The Distaff Side 106
14. III. VILLAINS
15. 6. FROM NAGS TO WITCHES. Stepmothers and Other Ogres 137
16. 7. TAMING THE BEAST Bluebeard and Other Monsters 156
17. EPILOGUE. Getting Even 179
18. APPENDIXES
19. A. Six Fairy Tales from the NURSERY & HOUSEHOLD TALES, with Commentary 195
20. B. Selected Tales from the First Edition of the Nursery & Household Tales 243
21. C. Prefaces to the First and Second Editions of the Nursery & household tales 251
22. D. English Titles, Tale Numbers, and German Titles of Stories Cited 271
23. E. Bibliographical Note 275
24. NOTES 279
25. GENERAL INDEX 315
26. INDEX OF TALES 323