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Introduction -- Definitions -- The Emergence Of A Literary Genre, Italy And France -- The Consolidation Of A Genre Grimm And Andersen -- Critical And Conceptual Approaches -- Psychoanalysis, History And Ideology -- Conclusion. Introduction -- Definitions -- The Emergence Of A Literary Genre: Early Modern Italy To The French Salon -- The Consolidation Of A Genre: The Brothers Grimm To Hans Christian Andersen -- The Emergence Of Fairy-tale Theory: Plato To Propp -- Psychoanalysis, History And Ideology: Twentieth- And Twenty-first Century Approaches To Fairy Tale -- Conclusion. Andrew Teverson. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 152-159) And Index.