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Gossip from the forest the tangled roots of our forests and fairytales

Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient and primal landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying. In this fascinating book, Maitland argues that the two forms...

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Main Author: Maitland, Sara, 1950- (Author)
Other Authors: Lee, Adam (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: London : Granta, 2013.
Subjects:
Fairy tales > History and criticism.
Forests in literature.
Forests and forestry > Great Britain.
Forests and forestry > Great Britain > History.
Fairy tales.
Table of Contents:
  • March : Airyolland Wood
  • Thumbling
  • April : Saltridge Wood
  • The white snake
  • May : The new forest
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • June : Epping Forest
  • Hansel and Gretel
  • July : Great Nort Wood
  • Little gosegirl
  • August : Staverton Thicks
  • The seven swans' sister
  • September : Forest of Dean
  • The seven dwarves
  • October : Ballochbuie and the Forest of Mar
  • Rapunzel
  • November : Kielder Forest
  • Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf
  • December : The Purgatory Wood
  • The four comrades
  • January : Glenlee
  • Dancing shoes
  • February : Knockman Wood
  • The dreams of the sleeping beauty.

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