Category Archives: Reviews
Wolfwalkers
A preview by Amy Cranswick of what looks like a wonderful animated film of motifs that prompted OGOM’s Company of Wolves conference–wild children, wolves, and werewolves–‘First look at Tomm Moore’s next animated feature Wolfwalkers‘. Moore is the creator of The Secret … Continue reading
Posted in Film Clips, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reviews
Tagged animation, Company of Wolves, Film, Ireland, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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Conference review: Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings, Queen’s University Belfast, 7-8 April 2017
At last I’ve managed to review the ‘Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings’ conference at Queen’s University Belfast which I attended recently. My thanks to the organisers, Lisa Kennedy, Amy Finlay, and Christina Collins for such an inspiring … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, Contemporary Fairy Tales, Fairy tales, Feminism, women
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100 Must-read Books about Witches
S. Zainab Williams has compiled a great reading list here on witches in fiction.
Posted in Books and Articles, Reading Lists, Reviews
Tagged Children's literature, Fairy tales, fiction. fantasy, magic, sorcery, witches, YA Fiction
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Review: Beauty and the Beast, dir. by Bill Condon (Disney, 2017)
Sam and I have been posting on the theme of ‘Beauty and the Beast recently here and here (I am doing research on the tale and will be presenting a paper at the Damsels in Redress conference next month). I … Continue reading
Fairy Tale Hybridity: What Kind of Animal is Beast in ‘Beauty and the Beast’?
‘Beauty and the Beast’ belongs to the Animal Groom cycle of fairy tales alongside ‘The Frog King’ and ‘Cupid and Psyche’. I have always been intrigued by what kind of animal Beast is in this tale. In his twenty first-century … Continue reading
Rimsky-Korsakov, The Snow Queen (Opera North)
I’ve just seen Opera North’s production at The Lowry, Salford of Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Snow Maiden, part of a trio of fairy-tale operas that the company are touring with—you can still catch them if you’re quick. There’s a trailer here. … Continue reading
Angela Carter news
There seems to be something cropping up every day about the fabulous Angela Carter! Here are links to four Carter-related items that I’ve come across: This exhibition, The Bloody Chamber, at the Koppel Project in London from 8 Feb to … Continue reading
Better the Devil You Know: Was the Devil Once Blue and an Angel?
I have always wondered how the devil came to be depicted as red with horns and cloven feet and I once heard that one of the first visual images of the devil depicts him as a blue angel. So did … Continue reading
Decadent fairy tales
Here’s a review of a fascinating-looking new collection of fairy tales by French decadent writers around the fin de siècle. The editors say Nearly a century before postmodern fairytales by Margaret Atwood, AS Byatt, Angela Carter and others upend fairytale … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, aestheticism, Angela Carter, Apollinaire, Baudelaire, decadence, Fairy tales
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More witchcraft
Some more witch related material here. First, an interesting account by Alison Schwarz of the spate of witch themed TV, books, and fashion, including YA and paranormal romance. Then, ‘Injustice: The Enduring Power of the Witch Narrative’ by Moze Halperin–a … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources, Reviews
Tagged Fashion, Film, History, magic, Paranormal romance, theatre, TV, witches, YA Fiction
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