附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-409) and index.
1. Intertextual contexts and purposes : fairy tales and the Medusa artist -- 2. Sexual politics in Atwood's visual art : "Fitcher's bird" and the Triple goddess -- 3. Cannibalism and metamorphosis in The Edible woman : "The Robber bridegroom" -- 4. Decapitation, cannibalism, and rebirth in Surfacing : "The Juniper tree" and French-Canadian tales -- 5. Dancing for others in Lady oracle : the Triple goddess and "The Red shoes" -- 6. Frozen touch in You are happy : the Rapunzel syndrome and "The Girl without hands" -- 7. Regrowing touch in Life before man : "The Girl without hands" and The Wizard of Oz -- 8. The artist's marriage to death in Bodily harm : "The Robber bridegroom" and "The Girl without hands" -- 9. Bluebeard's forbidden room in Interlunar and "Bluebeard's egg: "Fitcher's bird," "The White snake," and other tales -- 10. Off the path to grandma's house in The Handmaid's tale : "Little red cap" -- 11. Cat's eye vision : "Rapunzel" and "The Snow queen."
