Tag Archives: Marina Warner

Marina Warner, ‘Angela Carter: fairy tales, cross-dressing and the mercurial slipperiness of identity’

Posted on 4th June 2016 by William the Bloody

Always fascinating, Marina Warner explores the themes of metamorphosis and identity, fairy tales and cross-dressing in the works of Angela Carter, drawing on the archives at the British Library. Angela Carter, as we have said before, is a writer central … Continue reading →

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Witch-Finding, Marina Warner

Posted on 27th October 2015 by firekrank

Set your alarms for 10.00pm tonight (or head to BBC iPlayer tomorrow) in order to hear Marina Warner’s edition of Radio 3’s Free Thinking, ‘Witch-Finding’. The show includes Catherine Spooner talking about the history of witchcraft trials. If you are … 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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Rowan Williams: why we need fairy tales now more than ever

Posted on 9th January 2015 by William the Bloody

Rowan Williams reviews Marina Warner’s new book, Jack Zipes’s translation of the Grimms, and Malcolm Lyons’s translation of early Arabic wonder tales, and discusses the power of the fairy tale in a fascinating essay-review.

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Marina Warner, ‘How fairytales grew up’

Posted on 15th December 2014 by William the Bloody

More from the always-insightful Marina Warner on the fairy tale and its transformations and adaptations. Here, the essay revolves around Disney’s Frozen to encompass the many variations, dilutions, and intensifications of the original folk motifs through the ages.

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Review: The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young Adult Literature

Posted on 13th November 2014 by William the Bloody

A review by Donna Mitchell of what looks to be an important collection of essays on the Gothic aspects of the fairy tale in connection with the adaptation of such tales in YA literature: The Gothic Fairy Tale in Young … Continue reading →

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Marina Warner, ‘Once upon a time, part 1’

Posted on 2nd November 2014 by William the Bloody

Marina Warner being typically brilliant and evocative on fairy tales.

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Once Upon a Time review – Marina Warner’s scholarly history of the fairytale

Posted on 23rd October 2014 by William the Bloody

A review of Marina Warner’s new book on the fairytale, Once Upon a Time–which looks brilliant!

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