![]() ![]() Everyone is certain to learn something from such an impressive package of history and cultural observation."-Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, "As befits its subject, it is something of splendor-marvelous, bizarre, exotic- but at the same time as familiar as porridge. It reproduces scores of historical artworks and images from modern popular culture to illustrate the endless migration of symbols and plots from lore to pictures and back. It is also simply essential reading for anyone concerned, not only with fairy tales, myths and legends, but also with how stories of all kinds get told."- Margaret Atwood, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Warner's book has a tremendous sweep of reference from classical and medieval beliefs about women's tale-spinning powers to the case of Salman Rushdie. ![]() ![]() "As befits its subject, it is something of splendor-marvelous, bizarre, exotic- but at the same time as familiar as porridge. ![]()
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