{"product_id":"9780615797359","title":"Beyond the Glass Slipper: Ten Neglected Fairy Tales To Fall In Love With","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSome fairy tales everyone knows-these aren't those tales.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e These are tales of kings who get deposed and pigs who get married. These are ten tales, much neglected. Editor of \u003ci\u003eEnchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Wolford, introduces and annotates each tale in a manner that won't leave novices of fairy tale studies lost in the woods to grandmother's house, yet with a depth of research and a delight in posing intriguing puzzles that will cause folklorists and savvy readers to find this collection a delicious new delicacy.\u003cp\u003eBeyond the Glass Slipper is about more than just reading fairy tales-it's about connecting to them. It's about thinking of the fairy tale as a precursor to \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e as much as it is to any princess-movie franchise: the tales within these pages abound with outrageous spectacle and absurdist vignettes, ripe with humor that pokes fun at ourselves and our society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever stuffy or pedantic, Kate Wolford proves she's the college professor you always wish you had: smart, nurturing, and plugged into pop culture. Wolford invites us into a discussion of how these tales fit into our modern cinematic lives and connect the larger body of fairy tales, then asks-no, \u003ci\u003einsists\u003c\/i\u003e-that we create our own theories and connections. A thinking man's first step into an ocean of little known folklore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Weaver Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027021250800,"sku":"9780615797359","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615797359_p0.jpg?v=1763599859","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615797359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}