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Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England

Jack D. Zipes

Paperback | Pages: 270 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 989 Users | 62 Reviews

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Original Title:	Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England
ISBN:	0415902630 (ISBN13: 9780415902632)
Edition Language:	English

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This anthology of feminist fairy tales and critical essays acts as an example of how the literature of fantasy and imagination can be harnessed to create a new view of the world. It demonstrates how recent writers have changed the aesthetic constructs and social content of fairy tales to reflect cultural change since the 1960s in area of gender roles, socialization and education. It includes selected works from such writers as Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood and Jay Williams, and critical essays from Marcia Lieberman and Sandra Gilbert.

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Title	:	Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England
Author	:	Jack D. Zipes
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 270 pages
Published	:	November 15th 1986 by Routledge (first published January 1st 1986)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Feminism. Short Stories. Fiction. Folklore. Fairy Tale Retellings

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Ratings: 4.05 From 989 Users | 62 Reviews

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If I were to recommend Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England that recommendation would be primarily for its small collection of contemporary fairy tales, only two of which I'd read before. The analyses and criticisms, while interesting and potentially educational for newbies, read somewhat like old news. This was first published in 1986 so the outdated vibe is understandable, though I would be curious what a revised edition might offer this

Don't Bet on the Prince is a collection of short stories, poems, and critical works looking at fairy tales from a feminist perspective. It's broken up into 3 sections--tales for young readers, old readers, and lit criticism. The tales for young readers explore strong princesses, or the strong women prince's choose. My favorites from this section were "Prince Amilec" by Tanith Lee, about a prince who falls instantly in love with a head-strong princess and seeks a witch's help in wooing her; and

There is a lot of analyzing and interpreting ,better to just enjoy the stories.

I loved the feminist fairy tales in this book. A bit dated, but still enjoyable. But Jack Zipes drives me absolutely crazy. The only thing more humorless than a feminist is a marxist feminist. This isn't to say he isn't a good scholar, but his writing style (and a bit of his method) grated on me.

Come for the fairy tales -- Margaret Atwood! Jane Yolen! Joanna Russ! -- and fell free to to leave before the literary criticism at the end. Shout out to my mom for providing me with Petronella and only the later colors of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books. If been reading this for a while, but didn't want to count it as done until I got through the arduously second wave essays at the end. And I'm glad I did -- I know it's only because they happened that I think the way I do, and they still aren't



This is a great combination of new stories and poignant criticism of the old stories.