tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post1740655800427563719..comments2023-08-24T05:28:28.355-05:00Comments on Myself the only Kangaroo among the Beauty: UnpluggedSandy Longhornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-12820551869614748282011-03-31T10:58:01.030-05:002011-03-31T10:58:01.030-05:00Thanks, Marie!Thanks, Marie!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-9261576664996274472011-03-31T10:15:48.487-05:002011-03-31T10:15:48.487-05:00Stephen Sondheim mined all this to great affect fo...Stephen Sondheim mined all this to great affect for his musical, "Into the Woods" -- awesome stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-79847949521039284502011-03-27T17:39:46.357-05:002011-03-27T17:39:46.357-05:00Thanks, Karen!Thanks, Karen!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-59219739978349959352011-03-27T14:23:56.358-05:002011-03-27T14:23:56.358-05:00Hi Sandy -- You may want to look at the critical r...Hi Sandy -- You may want to look at the critical responses of Jack Zipes and Maria Tatar. Tatar, who edits some great anthologies about fairy tales, also has a blog. (I just found this out when I googled her name!)Karen J. Weyanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870809238605691875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-39777379559767121742011-03-24T20:41:04.367-05:002011-03-24T20:41:04.367-05:00Kristin, thanks for stopping by. I did get some g...Kristin, thanks for stopping by. I did get some great inspiration on the drive today.<br /><br />Jeannine, wow! Thanks so much! Awesome information.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-21362619502900762002011-03-24T10:57:16.472-05:002011-03-24T10:57:16.472-05:00I was really lucky in my high school days to have ...I was really lucky in my high school days to have a dedicated European history teacher who mined his college textbooks and made photocopied versions of, like, the fifteenth-century old-English versions of Little Red Riding Hood, etc. I found these invaluable when I was doing research for Becoming the Villainess.<br />I'd recommend trying to get ahold of some Charles Perrault versions or collections(from the 1600's.) My university library was a great help in finding out-of-print references to old fairy tale collections in other languages. I also happen to own copies of the entire Andrew Lang Fairy Book (Crimson, Olive, etc) collection, which was also invaluable as he gathered many different versions of the stories, some more sanitized than others (and the illustrations fantastic!)<br />You should also check out essays from The Endicott Studios such as this one:<br />http://www.endicott-studio.com/rdrm/forconte.htmlJeannine Hall Gaileyhttp://myblog.webbish6.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-83799962848928361012011-03-24T05:59:02.459-05:002011-03-24T05:59:02.459-05:00Safe travels--may you come back refreshed, with id...Safe travels--may you come back refreshed, with ideas for more fairy tale poems, and with pictures for use in blogging and book promotion!Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-90885598461125172082011-03-23T17:24:49.327-05:002011-03-23T17:24:49.327-05:00enjoy the colder weather....if that's possible...enjoy the colder weather....if that's possible.Nancy Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895934793253274506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-80214398134310947512011-03-23T12:36:16.751-05:002011-03-23T12:36:16.751-05:00Thanks, Molly. I wonder that too about the versio...Thanks, Molly. I wonder that too about the versions I read as a child.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-61950487745704366742011-03-23T12:23:28.358-05:002011-03-23T12:23:28.358-05:00The version I'm reading has it all in there,to...The version I'm reading has it all in there,too - just as Kathleen describes. I, too, was surprised to realize Rapunzel and the prince were doing the deed. I wonder if this just didn't dawn on me as a child, or if the versions I read then were cleansed?<br /><br />Enjoy your unpluggedness. We have plenty of snow in the northland to share!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597990526818589453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-54457636265358287232011-03-23T11:03:15.421-05:002011-03-23T11:03:15.421-05:00Love Zelinsky's books. Thanks, Kathleen.Love Zelinsky's books. Thanks, Kathleen.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-79142467443812121122011-03-23T10:58:32.606-05:002011-03-23T10:58:32.606-05:00Beautifully illustrated children's book by Pau...Beautifully illustrated children's book by Paul O. Zelinksky retells Rapunzel, leaving in pregnancy, blindness, etc. Rapunzel's real mother has to give her up to the sorceress/stepmother because she craved rapunzel from the sorceress's garden, and hubby stole some for her. Sorceress thinks she has kept Rapunzel safe from the world and feels betrayed by the pregnancy. Violence follows. Happy ending: Rapunzel & Prince find each other in the wilderness, she's had twins, and her tears dissolve his blindness.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-31245508265816789322011-03-23T10:16:21.139-05:002011-03-23T10:16:21.139-05:00Wah!? Jeannine, if you have any books for earlier...Wah!? Jeannine, if you have any books for earlier versions, please send titles/editors/etc.<br /><br />I guess that fits with the idea that the stories helped distance the child from the mother, psychologically. Still, gruesome!!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311201101178073119.post-59583414794669387882011-03-23T10:11:47.257-05:002011-03-23T10:11:47.257-05:00Even more disturbing: in earlier versions of all t...Even more disturbing: in earlier versions of all these stories, it wasn't stepmothers, it was mothers.Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.com