Buy this book on-line CARTER**, ANGELA - Edited by: : The VIRAGO BOOK of FAIRY TALESLONDON.VIRAGO PRESS Limited,1990. ISBN 1853812056.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Dw/dj spine/backstrip inevitably and ubiquitously lightly sunned/faded,so lightly discoloured.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate illustrated endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-xxiipp+1-242pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements, editor's introduction,Pts 1-7 comprising 58 fairy tales,a profuse mixture of vignettes,illuminated letters,chapter tailpieces,full and part-page b/w lino/woodcut illustrations - all by Corinna Sargood - throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] half-title page with b/w illustrated frntis to its verso,a title page,a contents list/table,and b/w illustrated individual Pts separator pages.
A collection of little known stories from across the world,all with women as the central character.The work tells stories of a diverse range of women,including female warriors enchantresses,and women seeking revenge.Angela Carter is well known as a proponent of feminism, with feminist themes across much of her work.
Fairy tales are a shorthand way of describing the marvellous narratives that have been passed down through the generations by word of mouth.We don't know the names of the people who made up the stories,but there's a mythical figure, 'Mother Goose',who knows all the stories. 'The Virago Book of Fairy Tales' contains the pick of Mother Goose's feather.Lyrical tales,bloody tales,hilariously funny, ripely bawdy,stories that show the dark and the light side of life - from Europe,the Arctic,the USA,Africa,the Middle East and Asia.No drippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead girls,women and crones,wise as serpents,gentle as doves and occasionally daft as brushes.
With a deft and magical touch,Angela Carter has put together a collection of wonderful,little-known stories,featuring startling heroines.Be they brave,good, silly,cruel,awesomely clever or unfortunate,they are always centre stage,as large as life,even larger.
Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children,and neither is 'The Virago Book of Fairy tales'.It's a grown-up book decorated with equally grown-up pictures - and teenager will love it too.
Corinna Sargood (1941 -) London-born artist, painter,etcher,print-maker,book illustrator,film animator and friend of Angela Carter.She illustrated two collections of woman-centred fairy tales edited by Angela Carter,'The Virago Book of Fairy Tales' and (reprinted as Old Wives’ Fairy Tale Book,1990 ) and 'The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales' (also reprinted as 'Strange Things Sometimes Still Happen',1992 ).Informed by folk art traditions, especially from Mexico and Italy,Sargood’s lino cuts conflated the natural and human worlds to bizarre effect.She is also the author and illustrator of 'Journey to the Jungle: An Artist in Peru.'
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