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    Maio, Kathi. “Beauty fades but fairy tales never die.” Fantasy and science fiction 123.3/4 (2012): 204-210. WebThis article examines different versions of the fairy tale Snow White from the perspective of various film adaptations. Starting with the original Disney tale, ranging from Snow White and the Three Stooges, to the more recent Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror. In more recent editions, this is examined and compared to the fact that these films have stronger female protagonists, and Snow White is not seen as helpless, but rather saves the men involved and fights for herself. McCully, Robert S. The Riddle of Symbols in Fairy Tales. ndThis book contains a collection of six stories, such as Beauty and the Beast and Jack and the Beanstalk. The author comments on each tale and writes what he believes to be the moral of each tale, after careful reading. The book also offers a bibliography of suggested reading.Moore, Robert. King, warrior, magic, lover: rediscover the archetypes of the mature masculine. New York: HarperOne, 1991. Print. This book examines masculinity through different arachtypes of marks in mythology and fairy tales. The author divides the book into two sections: Boy to Man Psychology, which explains how boys develop into the ideal man. Part two is divided into four different archetypes commonly found in stories, these four listed in the title of the work. The stories have been divided and discussed based on these chapters. Mortensen, Finn Hauberg. “The Little Mermaid: Icon and Disneyfication.” Scandinavian Studies 80.1 (2008): 437-454. Web.This article examines various versions of the Little Mermaid tale, most recently the Disney remakes of middle of paper...... other volumes of their works. This is a two-part volume containing the first 211 stories written by the Grimms. I intend to use this work as a reference to the original Grimms' tales.—. The great tradition of fairy tales From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. Ed. Jack Zipes WW Norton and Company, 2012. Print. Includes 116 stories divided into genres such as Abandond Children, Love Conquors All, and Envious Sisters. Each chapter/genre division is explained by Zipes, and comments on certain elements mixing different genres. Includes illustrations.—. The irresistible fairy tale: cultural and social. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. Print.Zipes uses different cultural readings of popular fairy tales and examines the stories that have kept them enduring over the years..