Amie Doughty (she/her)
@amieadoughty.bsky.social
English professor; fantasy, children's and YA literature, and folk literature scholar and fan; cricket and hockey nut
So grateful my cats can't do that with their gates. (I was waiting for it to jump on the trash can and over the gate)
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So grateful my cats can't do that with their gates. (I was waiting for it to jump on the trash can and over the gate)
There's an interesting picturebook originally published in Dutch from the same time as Munsch's called The Princess Who Always Ran Away by Marijke Reesink that also really subverts the trope, though in a different manner.
March 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
There's an interesting picturebook originally published in Dutch from the same time as Munsch's called The Princess Who Always Ran Away by Marijke Reesink that also really subverts the trope, though in a different manner.
In picturebooks, it's one of the earliest books that subverts the princess trope, but overall, no. George MacDonald has some interesting early short pieces, such as "The Light Princess" (1864) that start to poke at the princess trope.
March 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In picturebooks, it's one of the earliest books that subverts the princess trope, but overall, no. George MacDonald has some interesting early short pieces, such as "The Light Princess" (1864) that start to poke at the princess trope.