Introduction. Shrinking Possibility Space -- Pt. I. On Theory, Method, and Attitude -- 1. On Theory -- 2. On Method -- 3. On Attitude -- Pt. II. Case Studies at the Nexus of Literature and Evolutionary Science -- 4. The Heroine with a Thousand Faces: Universal Trends in the Characterization of Female Folktale Protagonists -- 5. Testing Feminist Fairy Tale Studies -- 6. The "Beauty Myth" is no Myth -- 7. Romantic Love: A Literary Universal? -- Conclusion: FOTA -- App. A. Folktale Collections and Cultural Groupings for Chapters 4 and 5 -- App. B. Folktale Collections for Chapters 6 and 7
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