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The Great Fairy Tale Tradition

Meet the Editor

Jack Zipes is Professor of German, Scandinavian, and Dutch at the University of Minnesota. His many books include Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales, The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood: Versions of the Tale in Sociocultural Context, Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization, Don’t Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North American and England, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture of Industry, and When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition.