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The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre

Jack Zipes

First published 2012
Publisher Princeton University Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Kiki Smith
Pages 256
Price $37.00
ISBN 9780691153384

According to publisher's website:

  • Co-Winner of the 2012 Wayland D. Hand Prize, History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society
  • One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012

  • Information from publisher's website as of 2023-10-07.
  • Price is listed as "$37.00/£30.00". Unknown whether these were the original prices at the time of publication.
  • Cover art credit from third printing
  • OCLC states xvii, 235 pages

Year Reviewer Publication
2015 Colin Steele SF Commentary, #89

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre Cover 2013 Princeton University Press Trade Paperback Nonfiction Kiki Smith 256