Paper question - Tanith Lee's Heart-Beast ?????

feeds@yuku.com (SEgbers) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:52:29 GMT

While working on a paper on Tanith Lee's fairy tale retellings, I stumbled upon a book she had written called Heart-Beast. I am not sure what fairy tale this responds to - seems like it could be "Beauty and the Beast" or "Little Red Riding Hood." I was wondering if anyone had read it or knew anything about it? I tried researching it, but all I can seem to find is the conclusion that it is some retelling of a traditional tale....

Beauty and the Beast and Shrek

feeds@yuku.com (Goldtears) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:30:48 GMT

Hi all! I recently took my Ph. D qualifying exams. On the exam was a question about literary and postmodern fairy tales. I only had an hour and fifteen minutes so I narrowed my focus to Beauty and the Beast, AT 425C. In my results (I passed, YAY!) a professor questioned the fact that I did not use Shrek as an example of a postmodern revision of Beauty and the Beast; he considered it a particularly obvious revision of Angela Carter's...

Help with a project

feeds@yuku.com (sesshomarulovesme) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:54:25 GMT

I have been trying to find the answer to this all weekend, but it is proving very difficult! I would appreciate help in classifying three Japanese tales by their Aarne-Thompson and Uther type numbers.

The tales are Hanasaka-Jiisan, Kaguya-Hime and

Living in a Fairytale World

feeds@yuku.com (miche1988) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:55 GMT

Hi Everyone
I just wanted to invite anyone who loves fairytales to come read my blog and join my group on Facebook! Do you ever find yourself wishing you lived in a fairytale rather than the real world? Well, in a way, I think we already do. My blog discusses the similarities between fairytales and real life, and how their subject matters of romance, conflict, and journeys can teach us lessons for our own...

Three fairytales about swans, shadows and sleeping princes.

feeds@yuku.com (soetkin) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:31:05 GMT

I'm looking for three fairytales, the first wo were published in the same book - which I lost the name of:

The first tale is about a lonely woman who befriends people-less shadows, so many that her house seems always filled with people and when she goes out, she keeps them in her purse.
The second tale out of that book is about a prince who is enchanted as a swan. To free him, a knight has to pass three challenges that make him overcome his fear. During one of the tasks, he...

Tanith Lee

feeds@yuku.com (SEgbers) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:38:19 GMT

I am currently working on a paper on fairy tale retellings done by Tanith Lee. I was browsing the internet, looking for sources like transcripts of speeches, but seem to be coming up short. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could access articles, interviews and/or speeches done by or about Tanith Lee? I found one that was done with Tabula Rosa that allowed me to gleam a little insight, and I've checked out the comments in the fairy tale collections edited by Datlow and Windling,...

Help Identifying a Fairy Tale Childrens Book

feeds@yuku.com (sj022698) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:34:48 GMT

I'm looking for a book my wife has as a child. It was a compilation of numerous fairy tales. I know that it at least had these but there were more:

Ugly...

publishing advice for new writers?

feeds@yuku.com (kristiw) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:40:26 GMT

Hi friends,
I know there are a few authors that frequent the site, so I thought I'd ask for a little guidance. I'm writing a novel adaptation of East of the Sun, West of the Moon (more closely based on the Romanian version, the Enchanted Pig, relocated to an analog of warring German city-states and borrowing shamelessly from Sami mythology and folk belief for the bits about the bear). I'm a doctoral folklore student, and I know a bit about academic publishing, but nothing...

Fairy Tales and Plagiarism

feeds@yuku.com (ChellieM) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:58 GMT

I've always wondered how different versions of the same fairy tale are not plagiarism. Is this because they have been revised enough so they can be considered different even though they are still mostly the same? Or since it is a fairy tale there is no one who "owns the rights"?

Thanks!

Chellie

dissertation project: fairy tales that should be published?

feeds@yuku.com (singifrog) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:04:20 GMT

Hello, I am a MA publishing student and at the moment trying to come up with ideas for my major project. One of the ideas is to design a collection of about 4-5 fairy tales and add some nice illustrations. Now I know there are tons of collections out there already but I wanted to focus on stories that are not as widely known. The problem is that I don't have enough knowledge of what is out there and actually good. I hope some of you can point me into the direction of some nice...

folktales from upper and lower Brittany

feeds@yuku.com (bretonne) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:14:06 GMT

I have been translating wonderful folktales collected in Brittany in the 19th century into English and think that I might like to publish them. Any ideas on publishers?

The Influence of Books on Children

feeds@yuku.com (mino) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:26 GMT

Hi everybody. This is my first post on this forum so I hope I'm not doing anything wrong
I stumbled upon its website while searching for information about the Influence of Fairytales on Children for a school assignment and I must say, I'm impressed! I've found lots of informative links and posts that will surely help. However, I have one problem. Before explaining how fairytales influence children, I...

Dissertation help on The Princess and The Frog

feeds@yuku.com (daisychain1) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:18 GMT

Hello

I am a University student and this year I have to write a dissertation. I am doing mine on the representations of femininity and race with Disney films looking mainly at the Princesses. I have been doing alot of research on the internet about the new Disney Film The Princess and the Frog and I would find any opinions on...

Why do adults still love Fairytales?

feeds@yuku.com (shorose) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:23:05 GMT

Hey there,
I'm conducting a research project for my degree and I'm trying to find out why adults continue to love fairytales? Any opinions, suggested reading or research items would be greatly appreciated. The idea is to launch a set of children's stories reworked for an adult audience but my tutor has asked me to find out why something like this would be desirable to my target market? I'm thinking along the same lines as why do people love Tim Burton so much etc... what...

Fairytale Collection Book in Spanish?

feeds@yuku.com (Shifterred) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:51 GMT

As a fairytale fanatic who plans to major in Spanish soon...I am searching rather desperately for a large tome, a collection of fairytales preferably written in Spanish or with Spanish/English text.

I am having trouble finding an actual collection of stories and not just small per-story books.
I would also prefer that this book be aesthetically pleasing as far as any illustrations are concerned. (I am tired of overly cartoon-y pictures, and long for the olden days of...

darker adult themes in fairytales

feeds@yuku.com (moppymoore) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:54:25 GMT

hi i am a fine art student and i am looking at the darker underlying themes that are found so often in fairytales i just wondered if anyone have any suggestions of artists or film makers that i could look at or even just any comments on the theme itself would be helpful

thanks xx

Why "as Black as Ebony"?

feeds@yuku.com (eveningstar) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:58:59 GMT

this is my question: why in times when golden hair was considered the main element of beauty did Snow White's mother wish her hair to be as black as ebony?? and also why was Snow White of all the fairytale characters the only one emphasized with black hair so that it almost became an icon for her?? and what does having black hair mean in Folklore??
please if anyone knows the answers to these questions post your reply soon...

Help! Publisher for an illustrated book

feeds@yuku.com (neverossa) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:33:45 GMT

Hi,

I hope someone can help me. I and an Italian artist have worked on an illustrated book on the wind. The illustrations are very beautiful, but, so it seems, quite complex for Italian publishers. The artist has used photography, digital art and her own imagination, of course. This is her myspace, just to give an idea: http://www.myspace.com/laltaluna

I made an English translation of the story to try with an...

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