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Anne E. Duggan is professor of French and fairy-tale studies at Wayne State University, Michigan. She is author, editor or translator of many books including A Cultural History of Fairy Tales (2021).
"""Excavating history can lead to stunning discoveries, and Duggan brilliantly demonstrates how several talented and determined French women wrote tales that belong to our classical legacy without our realizing it. History, as Duggan indicates, speaks truth to power through these tales, but we must first learn how to untangle history to grasp what truth may mean. Duggan shows that these rebellious French women had, long before other European and North American writers, created dazzling stories that challenged male patriarchy.""--Jack Zipes, professor emeritus of German and comparative literature, University of Minnesota ""Drawing on decades of research, Duggan is a wise, brave, witty guide to fairy-tale history. The Lost Princess demonstrates that smart, resourceful heroines abound in the French tales of past centuries. The brilliant women who wrote those tales challenged patriarchal norms in ways that continue to resonate today.""--Jennifer Schacker, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, and author of ""National Dreams: The Remaking of Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century England"""
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