I'm currently being drawn to/repulsed by various tales, where a heroine undergoes an epic struggle - often accomplishing impossible tasks -usually to release a man from a curse, whilst the man has nothing to do but be.
I strongly suspect that this topic will already have been thoroughly explored by writers and/or fairy tale theorists - are there any publications you would recommend which explore this set of tales which come in very varied forms and from a whole range of traditions?



