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From Little Red Riding Hood to Hansel and Gretel, we'll look back at some of the earliest fairy tales and then turn the page to present times and see if the fairy tale still exists today. Laura's guests are Nancy Canepa, Associate Professor of French and Italian at Dartmouth College. Her research focuses on fairy tale studies, folklore and popular culture. She has edited or written several books on fairy tales, including her current project, "The Enchanted Boot", a cultural history of the Italian fairy tale. Laura is also joined by Donald Haase, Professor of German and Chair of the Department of German and Slavic Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. He is also Editor of Marvels and Tales: The Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies and General Editor of a book series called Series in Fairy-Tale Studies.