![]() ![]() In his follow-up essay A Second Gaze at Little Red Riding Hood's Trials and Tribulations, Zipes explains, “I argued that the origins of the literary fairy tale can be traced to male fantasies about women and sexuality.” (78). In many ways the book is landmark socio-political analysis, exploring the origins of the tale and the controversial retellings. In his book The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood (1983), he demonstrates his unique mastery of previous versions and discussions of the tale.” (121). According to Alan Dundes, one of the most influential folklorists of all-time, “Of the many scholars who have sought to interpret the tale of “Little Red Riding Hood”, few, if any, have had the expertise of Jack Zipes. A tale with origins in the tenth-century as an oral folktale, the story has been the subject of innumerable retellings and critical interpretations. Little Red Riding Hood is arguably one of the most influential European fairy tales in the history of western civilization. ![]()
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