INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER ONE
Exchange and Substitution:
Sexual Commerce in the Contes
1
CHAPTER TWO
Under the Pear Tree:
Frames of Deceit In Five “Magical” Tales
29
CHAPTER THREE
Disguise:
Deceit by Semiosis
51
CHAPTER FOUR
Deceitful Topography:
Patterns of Displacement, Misplacement, and Replacement
78
CHAPTER FIVE
Lies and the Rhetoric of Seduction
117
CHAPTER SIX
False Promises:
a Narcissistic Trap
137
CHAPTER SEVEN
Casuistry and the Fantasy of Guiltless Sex
155
CONCLUSION
170
APPENDIX A:
Alphabetical List of Contes
178
APPENDIX B:
Classification of Tales
180
WORKS CITED
183
INDEX
194
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