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Feathers, Paws, Fins, and Claws : Fairy-Tale Beasts /

A wide variety of creatures walk, fly, leap, slither, and swim through fairy-tale history. Some marvelous animal characters are deeply inscribed in current popular culture⁰́₄the beast redeemed by beauty, the wolf in pursuit of little girls and little pigs, the frog prince released from enchantment b...

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Otros Autores: Kusaite, Lina (Ilustrador), Schacker, Jennifer (Editor ), Jones, Christine A., 1969- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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