The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tale. Tatar, Maria**

Harvard University Press

The Fairest of Them AllSnow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters\nAuthor(s): Maria Tatar\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Harvard University Press, United States\nImprint: Harvard University Press\nISBN-13: 9780674271128, 978-0674271128\nSynopsis\nWith her trademark brio and deep-tissue understanding, Maria Tatar opens the glass casket on this undying story, which retains its power to charm twenty-one times, and counting.\nGregory Maguire, author of Wicked\n\nThe story of the rivalry between a beautiful, innocent girl and her cruel and jealous mother has been endlessly repeated and refashioned all over the world. The Brothers Grimm gave this story the name by which we know it best, and in 1937 Walt Disney sweetened their somber version to make the first feature-length, animated fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Since then, the Disney film has become our cultural touchstonethe innocent heroine, her evil stepmother, the envy that divides them, and a romantic rescue fromw