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Tag Archives: Grimm brothers
Fairy Tales: art, essays, and resources
Some more interesting links on fairy tales: Margaret Carrigan, in ‘What Can Fairy Tales Tell Us About Today? Two Video Artists Offer Modern Takes‘, reviews the video art of Ericka Beckman and Marianna Simnett, showing at London’s Zabludowicz Collection through … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, exhibitions, Resources
Tagged adaptation, art, fairy tale, Feminism, Genre, Gothic, Grimm brothers, Mary de Morgan, Pre-Raphaelit, Rana Dasgupta, suffragette, video
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Fairy Tales: Form and Language, PC Princesses
We at OGOM are fascinated by fairy tales, and there are many posts on the blog about them. My own research has been looking generally at how genres collide and intermingle to create new genres such as Paranormal Romance; in … Continue reading
Posted in Resources
Tagged Angela Carter, education, Fairy tales, Feminism, Folklore, formula, Genre, Grimm brothers, Language, linguistics, motifs, political correctness, sexism
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Kubo and the Two Strings
A review and trailer here for the forthcoming stop-motion animated fantasy film, Kubo and the Two Strings, from the same studio that created Coraline. It looks wonderful, and draws, apparently, on Grimms’ tales and Japanese folklore.
Posted in Film Clips, Reviews
Tagged fairy tale, Fantasy, Film, folkore, Grimm brothers, Japanese
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Fairy Tale Adaptation by Disney
An interesting little snippet here about Disney’s recent spate of fairy tale adaptations–the Grimms’ ‘Rose Red and Snow White being the latest, but with an intertextual twist that aligns it with the better-known ‘Snow White’. The writer also describes some … Continue reading
Grimms’ Tales and Women
This is a very interesting article by Maddie Crum, ‘Unhappily Ever After: How Women Became Seen not Heard in Our Favourite Fairy Tales‘, on how the fairy tales of the Grimm brothers silence women’s voices and experience. I think it … Continue reading
Neil Gaiman on the meaning of fairy tales
Continuing the themes of fairy tales and Angela Carter, here’s an excellent interview with Neil Gaiman by Gaby Wood where they discuss his own intertextual adaptations of classic fairy tales (particularly his brilliant ‘Sleeping Beauty’/’Snow White’ mash-up, The Sleeper and the … Continue reading
The Publication of Grimm’s Fairy Tales
On this date (20 December) in 1812, the Grimm brothers published the first edition of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children’s and Household Tales). Richard Cavendish writes about it here.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Children's literature, Fairy tales, Folklore, Grimm brothers
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Willis Goth Regier, ‘Grimm Beginnings’
An excellent review essay on the new Jack Zipes edition of the first edition of Grimms’ Tales and of his new book on the continuing influence of the tales. It contains an informed account of the history of successive editions … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Reviews
Tagged Fairy tales, Folklore, Grimm brothers, translation
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10 Books That Will Change How You Think About Fairy Tales
And more on fairy tales. Some of the books on this list will be familiar (including The Bloody Chamber); some less so. There are books on the fairy tale, and reworkings of fairy tale themes and new fairy tales–for young … Continue reading
OGOM Company of Wolves Conference: Extended Call for Papers
OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015 Extended Call for Papers and Panels OGOM is extending its call for papers for its … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Angela Carter, animality, Animals, Anne Rice, CFP, Children's literature, Christopher Frayling, Fairy tales, feral children, Film, Folklore, gender, Genre, Gothic, Grimm brothers, identity, Intertextuality, Neil Jordan, Paranormal romance, Perrault, race, Romance, sexuality, Shapeshifters, TV, Werewolves, wilderness, Wolves, YA Fiction
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