I used these resources when researching the annotations for this fairy tale. Most should be available through your local library, but I have included links to the titles on Amazon.com for further reading.
Altman, Anna E. and Gail de Vos. Tales, Then and Now: More Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2001.
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Anderson, Graham. Fairytale in the Ancient World. London: Routledge, 2000.
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Answers.com. "Dominee". Answers.com. 27 May 2007. <www.answers.com/topic/dominee>
Ashliman, D. L. Ed. and trans. "The Fisherman and His Wife". Grimm Brothers' Children and Household Tales. 19 October 2000. 27 May 2007. www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm019.html.
Ashliman, D. L. A Guide to Folktales in the English Language.New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
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Ashliman, D. L. The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Fairy Tales).
URL: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimmtales.html.
Accessed on 10 December 1998.
Babynames. Com. "Isabel". Babynames.com Homepage. 27 May 2007. www.babynames.com/names/name_display.php?n=isabel.
Bernheimer, Kate. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall: Women Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales. New York: Anchor Books, 1998.
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Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage Books, 1975.
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Biedermann, Hans. Dictionary of Symbolism. James Hulbert, translator. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
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Bleiler, E. F. "Pope Joan". The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. John Clute and John Grante, editors. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. 755.
Briggs, Katherine M., ed. A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 1971.
Campbell, Mike. "Isabel". Behind the Name. 1996-2007. 28 May 2007. www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=isabel
Campbell, Mike. "Ilsa". Behind the Name. 1996-2007. 28 May 2007. <www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=ilsa>
Canepa, Nancy. From Court to Forest : Giambattista Basile's Lo Cunto De Li Cunti and the Birth of the Literary Fairy Tale. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1999.
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Canepa, Nancy. Out of the Woods : The Origins of the Literary Fairy Tale in Italy and France. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1997.
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Cashdan, Sheldon. The Witch Must Die. New York: Basic, 1999.
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Chevalier, Jean and Alain Gheerbrant. A Dictionary of Symbols, Second Edition. Translated by John Buchanan-Brown. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.
Cirlot, J. E. Jack Sage, trans. A Dictionary of Symbols, 2nd ed. New York: Philosophical Library, 1962.
Clouston, William Alexander. Popular Tales and Fictions. Christine Goldberg, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2002.
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Crane, Thomas. Italian Popular Tales. New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1885.
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de Vos, Gail and Anna E. Altmann. New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999.
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Einfield, Jann, ed. Fairy Tales. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001.
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Evans, Ivor. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994.
Guerber, H. A. The Norsemen. Myths and Legends Series. New York: Avenel Books, 1986.
Heuscher, Julius E. A Psychiatric Study of Myths and Fairy Tales: Their Origin, Meaning, and Usefulness. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1974. 2nd edition.
Internet Movie Database.
URL: http://www.imdb.com.
Accessed on 8 May 2003.
Langford, David. "Wishes". The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. Ed. John Clute and John Grante. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. 1023.
Leach, Maria. Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore Mythology and Legend. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1949.
Leon, Vicki. Uppity Women of Shakespearean Times. New York: MJF Books, 1999. Also published as Uppity Women of the Renaissance by Conari Press.
Lindahl, Carl; McNamara, John; and Lindow, John. Medieval Folklore. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Lonnrot, Elias. The Kalevala. Keith Bosley, translator. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Luthi, Max. Once Upon a Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1976.
Matthews, Borg, trans. The Herder Symbol Dictionary. Wilmette, IL: Chiron Publications, 1986.
Miller, Gustavus. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Dreams. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions, 1994.
Mojetta, Angelo. Simon & Schuster's Guide to Saltwater Fish and Fishing. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc, 1992.
Mueller, Gerhard O. W. "The Criminological Significance of the Grimms' Fairy Tales." Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm. Ruth Bottigheimer, editor. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. 217-227.
Murphy, Bruce, ed. Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia, Fourth Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1990 Edition. New York: Lexicon Publications, 1990.
Nordic Names. "Elisabet". Nordicnames.de. 28 May 2007. <www.nordicnames.de/flick-e/Elisalethtml>
Olderr, Steven. Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1986.
Opie, Iona and Peter. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.
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Philip, Neil. The Illustrated Book of Fairy Tales. New York: DK Publishing, 1997.
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"Pope Joan: Donna Woolfolk-Cross: A Reader's Guide." Pope Joan: A Novel. Donna Woolfolk-Cross. NY: Ballantine Books, 1997.
Propp, Vladimir. Morphology of the Folktale. Austin: University of Texas, 1968.
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Tater, Maria. The Annotated Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2004.
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Tatar, Maria M. The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002.
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Tatar, Maria M., ed. The Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 1999.
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Tatar, Maria M. The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton: Princeton University, 1987.
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Thompson, Stith. The Folktale. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1946.
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Tolkien, J. R. R. "On Fairy Stories." Tree and Leaf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
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von Franz, Marie-Louise. The Interpretation of Fairy Tales. Boston and London: Shambala, 1970, 1996.
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Warner, Marina. From Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers. London: Chatto & Windus, 1994.
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WordNet: A Lexical Dictionary for the English Language. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University.
URL: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/
Accessed on 15 December 2003.
Yolen, Jane. Touch Magic. Little Rock: August House, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack. Beauties, Beasts and Enchantments: Classic French Fairy Tales. New York: New American Library, 1989.
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Zipes, Jack, editor. The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. New York: Bantam Books, 1992.
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Zipes, Jack. Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion: The Classical Genre for Children and the Process of Civilization. New York: Methuen, 1983.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University, 2000.
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Zipes, Jack, ed. When Dreams Come True. London: Routledge, 1998.
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