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Worlds of the Imagination
12020-05-05T17:58:07+00:00Marianne Hansene5c1491b9c20d37a95fc0356366eeb2ddecf682b183plain14482020-06-08T18:04:42+00:00Marianne Hansene5c1491b9c20d37a95fc0356366eeb2ddecf682bFairy tales are a form of literature based on oral tradition. The genre arose in the seventeenth century in the salons of Paris, where sophisticated women of the court re-told and embellished folk stories in an ornate, mannered style to amuse one another. The genre became popular and other authors followed with their own adaptations of traditional stories. When folklore developed as a field of academic study, newly collected stories provided a rich source for further literary efforts.
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