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(3.66) | 3 | New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02. Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations, their craft, and our culture. In poetic narratives, personal histories, and penetrating commentary, the assembled authors bare their soul and challenge received wisdom. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall is essential reading for anyone who has ever been bewitched by the strange and fanciful realm of fairy tales. Contributors include: Alice Adams, Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Rosellen Brown, A. S. Byatt, Kathryn Davis, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deborah Eisenberg, Maria Flook, Patricia Foster, Vivian Gornick, Lucy Grealy, bell hooks, Fanny Howe, Fern Kupfer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Carole Maso, Jane Miller, Lydia Millet, Joyce Carol Oates, Connie Porter, Francine Prose, Linda Gray Sexton, Midori Snyder, Fay Weldon, Joy Williams, Terri Windling.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 3 mentions » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Bernheimer, Kate | Editor | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Adams, Alice | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Alvarez, Julia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Atwood, Margaret | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Beattie, Ann | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Brown, Rosellen | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Davis, Kathryn | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Eisenberg, Deborah | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Flook, Maria | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Foster, Patricia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gornick, Vivian | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Grealy, Lucy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | hooks, bell | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Howe, Fanny | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Kupfer, Fern | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Le Guin, Ursula K. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Maso, Carole | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Miller, Jane | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Millet, Lydia | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Oates, Joyce Carol | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Porter, Connie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Prose, Francine | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sexton, Linda Gray | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Snyder, Midori | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Weldon, Fay | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Williams, Joy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Windling, Terri | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Byatt, A. S. | Contributor | secondary author | some editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (1)▾Book descriptions New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02. Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations, their craft, and our culture. In poetic narratives, personal histories, and penetrating commentary, the assembled authors bare their soul and challenge received wisdom. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall is essential reading for anyone who has ever been bewitched by the strange and fanciful realm of fairy tales. Contributors include: Alice Adams, Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Rosellen Brown, A. S. Byatt, Kathryn Davis, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deborah Eisenberg, Maria Flook, Patricia Foster, Vivian Gornick, Lucy Grealy, bell hooks, Fanny Howe, Fern Kupfer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Carole Maso, Jane Miller, Lydia Millet, Joyce Carol Oates, Connie Porter, Francine Prose, Linda Gray Sexton, Midori Snyder, Fay Weldon, Joy Williams, Terri Windling. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations, their craft, and our culture. In poetic narratives, personal histories, and penetrating commentary, the assembled authors bare their soul and challenge received wisdom. | |
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In addition to the insights and biographical details revealed in the stellar writing, some of the authors relate little-known but fascinating fairy tales: Midori Snyder introduces the Sudanese tale "The Monkey Girl"; Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni tells an Indian story called "The Princess in the Palace of Snakes"; and Ann Beattie tells a curious tale called "John, whose disappearance was too bad."
As the writers recall their childhood favorites, the reader can't help but remember which fairy tales provided theme music for her own childhood. One doesn't find such evocative reading in a diversity of voices very often. ( )