Tag Archives: Fairy tales

Maria Tatar, ’10 Lesser-Known Fairy Tales That Should Get More Love’

Posted on 10th March 2015 by William the Bloody

Some of these tales I had heard of; others not, and my curiosity has been strongly stirred. The expert on folklore Maria Tatar gives a precis here of a variety of vivid tales from Italy, Japan, West Africa, and elsewhere … Continue reading →

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What Disney princesses would look like if they were zombies

Posted on 1st March 2015 by William the Bloody

I do like Disney, but it’s always fun to see its wholesomeness subverted. Here, classic Disney princesses have succumbed to the zombie state, their perfection decaying and their cuteness become horror. This is pure silliness, really, yet can raise interesting … Continue reading →

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CFP: Enchanted Edwardians Conference, University of Bristol, 30-31 March 2015

Posted on 27th February 2015 by William the Bloody

An exciting conference on fantastic literature of the Edwardian period.

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Review of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales

Posted on 3rd February 2015 by firekrank

My mother told me that you should never go to bed angry. The reviewer’s equivalent of this is you should never go to a show already inclined against it. However, the issue that gave me the Angry Reds regarding Philip … Continue reading →

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Wolf Packs and Feral Children

Posted on 28th January 2015 by firekrank

A couple of tweets caught my eye this week. I have the uncanny ability to pick out the word ‘wolf’ from a page of text. Not sure if this is something that should go on my CV but it is … Continue reading →

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Michael Dirda reviews five fairy-tale books

Posted on 25th January 2015 by William the Bloody

A review of new books on the fairy tale by Marina Warner and Jack Zipes (including the first translation into English of the first edition of Grimm’s Tales), but also of two books from Princeton University Press’s Oddly Modern Fairy … Continue reading →

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Podcast: A.S. Byatt discusses the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Novelists A. S. Byatt and Lawrence Norfolk venture together into Germany’s dark woods to discover witches, goblins, lost children and treasure.

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CFP: Reading the Fantastic: Tales Beyond Borders conference, University of Leeds, 23rd-25th April, 2015

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Also approaching the deadline of 31 January 2015, this conference and workshop at the University of Leeds looks fantastic (if I can say that), and offers much to postgraduates as well as established scholars–and invites contributions from outside academia. We … Continue reading →

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CFP: Wonderlands: Reading/Writing/Telling Fairy Tales and Fantasy, 23 May 2015, University of Chichester

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Apologies for the late posting of this CFP for the postgraduate symposium at the University of Chichester–the deadline is 31 January 2015, so anyone interested (and I can’t see why they wouldn’t be!) will have to hurry. Timed to coincide … Continue reading →

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William Gray, ‘Go into the woods – at your peril’

Posted on 16th January 2015 by William the Bloody

The Disney film of Stephen Sondheim’s darkly witty musical Into the Woods, with its ingenious interweaving of classic tales from the Grimms, is to be released soon. Here, Professor William Gray of the University of Chichester, Director of the Sussex … Continue reading →

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