“To have the antiquarian Grimm Brothers regarded as the fathers of modern folklore is perhaps to forget the maternal lineage, the ‘mothers’ who in the French veillées and English nurseries, in court salons and the German Spinnstube, in Paris and on the Yorkshire moors, passed on their wisdom. The Grimm brothers, like Tereus, Ovid, King Shahryar, Basile, … Continue reading
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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version by Philip Pullman
It’s been quite a year for the Brothers Grimm. Philip Pullman’s publication of Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version marks the two hundredth anniversary of the first edition of the now-famous Kinder- und Hausmärchen. In addition to celebrating the two hundredth anniversary, it’s worth considering why Pullman wanted to retell a … Continue reading
Hansel and Gretel by Arthur Rackham
Food & Fairy Tales!
The Brothers Grimm are all over the news these days thanks to the 200th anniversary of the first publication of their Kinder- und Hausmärchen in 1812. I wanted to post a link to this great article from NPR’s food blog The Salt about the horrors and delights of food in the Brothers Grimm. Fairy tale … Continue reading
From Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Gustaf Tenggren
Cat Skin by Erin Kelso
Collecting Starlight by Taschen
Sleeping Beauty by Nadezhda Illarionova
Snow White & the Huntsman: Movie Review
*Mild Spoilers, as the skeleton of the story remains true to the original* As soon as I saw the trailer for Snow White & the Huntsman, months ago, I was looking forward to seeing it. No, not because of Kristen Stewart, rather in spite of her ‘charms’. As you may or may not have noticed, … Continue reading
