From the beast to the blonde : on fairy tales and their tellers / Marina Warner.

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.

xxv, 463 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Tellers: In the cave of the enchantress -- Old wives' tale -- Word of mouth -- Game old birds -- No hideous hum -- Saint Anne, dear Nan -- Magic of the cross -- Old glass paving and the secret foot -- On riddles, asses, and the wisdom of fools -- Sweet talk, pleasant laughter -- In the kingdom of fiction -- Granny bonnets, wolves' cover -- Tales: Absent mothers -- Wicked stepmothers -- Demon lovers -- Ogre's appetite -- Reluctant brides -- Go! Be a beast -- Runaway girls -- Silence of the fathers -- Language of hair -- From the beast to the blonde -- Silence of the daughters.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-453) and index.