Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children's Novels

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WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY FEMINIST VOICES IN CHILDREN'S NOVELS BY ROBERTA SEELINGER TRITES UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS IOWA CITY University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright © 1997 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America www.uiowapress.org No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. Printed on acid-free paper Ubrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Trites, Roberta Seelinger Waking Sleeping Beauty: feminist voices in children's novels / by Roberta Seelinger Trites. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87745-590-2, ISBN 0-87745-591-0 (pbk.) 1. Children's stories-History and criticism. 2. Feminism and literature. 3. Women and literature. 4. Sex role in literature. l. Title. PN3426.C5T75 1997 809'.89282'082-dc21 96-54875 For my children, in the hope that they will grow up to be feminists, too ...