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Fairy Tales
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Aesop's Fables: Online Collection 
 A collection of hundreds of Aesop's fables, including morals. Features selected images and audio. http://www.aesopfables.com/ Topics: Literature: Fiction Last updated May 6, 2008 Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story
"Between the ages of 13 and 15, Anne Frank wrote short stories, fairy tales, essays, and the beginnings of a novel. Five notebooks and more than 300 loose pages, meticulously handwritten during her two years in hiding, survived the war." This exhibition reveals "the original writings -- through sound and images -- of a young woman who had great ambition to be a writer." Includes interviews and links. From the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/af/htmlsite/ Topics: Authors by Region, Judaism, Literature: Fiction Last updated Sep 16, 2003 British Library: Hans Christian Andersen
This companion to an exhibit on the underlying themes in the life of fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen uses "clues provided by some of his best-known characters ... [to explore] the dark side of his life, as well as the innocence of his vision." Features a timeline, short essays about his life, images from the exhibition, and an essay by Andersen's biographer (Jackie Wullschlager). Also includes related links. From the British Library. http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/andersen/homepage.html Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Jul 6, 2005 De Grummond Children's Literature Collection
A collection of children's literature that focuses on historical and contemporary American and British literature. The searchable archives contain "the original manuscripts and illustrations of more than 1200 authors and illustrators, as well as over 70,000 published books dating from 1530 to the present" and include fables, fairy tales, folklore, alphabet books, nursery rhymes, moral tales, fantasy, and fiction. From the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. http://www.lib.usm.edu/%7Edegrum/ Topics: Children's Literature, Librarian Specialties, Literature: Fiction Last updated Sep 30, 2006 Endicott Studio
"Dedicated to literary, visual, performance, and environmental arts rooted in myth, folklore, fairy tales, and the traditional stories of people the world over." Find back issues of The Journal of Mythic Arts (ceased in 2008). Subjects include articles on women, lore in different countries, symbolism in fairy tales, gypsies, rites-of-passage, magic, etc. Endicott Scuttlebutt also includes book recommendations and reviews, interviews and events, and links to other mythic sites. http://www.endicott-studio.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature & Books, Magazines, Religion Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Grimm Brothers' Home Page
Background information on the life and works of the German brothers who collected and recorded folktales. Includes full-text English translations of many of the tales (with links to the original versions on Project Gutenberg). There are also studies of individual tales, some with comparisions to similar stories from other cultures. Links to additional resources are available. http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm.html Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Jun 10, 2002 Guardians of the Fairy Tale: The Brothers Grimm
An excellent Web presentation from National Geographic . Start with their December, 1999 magazine article and proceed (via the treasure chest table of contents on the left) to the delights of a dozen of the original tales (several in audio as well), a map of the location in Germany of the tales, and an excellent annotated list of Web links and other resources. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/article.html Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Jun 5, 2002 Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories
This site provides a complete list of Andersen's 168 stories, in the chronological order of their original publication. Most of the stories are presented in full text. A cross-reference provides information on title variations and Danish equivalents for each story. Recommended books on Andersen and his work as well as links to other sites are also provided. http://HCA.Gilead.org.il/ Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Mar 1, 2005 Jean Hersholt: "The Complete Andersen"
This site bills itself as "the most comprehensive edition of Andersen's fairy tales in English (American) on the internet." Translated by Jean Hersholt, the tales include "the original 156 printed in Andersen's own time plus the fairy tales found in his papers — and published after his death." Also includes a link to biographical information about Andersen. Searchable. From the Hans Christian Andersen Center of the University of Southern Denmark. http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/index_e.html Topics: Authors by Region Last updated Mar 1, 2005 Once Upon A Time ...
This site lists novelizations of fairy tales with summaries of both the modern retellings and the original tale elements. Definitions of fairy tale, folklore, myth, and legend are also included. A good list to use in further exploring the modern reworking of these classic stories. http://www.skyehidesigns.com/mainbook.html Topics: Last updated Apr 29, 2003 SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
Seventeen well-known childhood fairy tales are presented with selected words annotated for their symbolic meaning in the art of storytelling. Beautiful illustrations, colorful history, and many variants of the tales as they appear in numerous cultures are portrayed. In addition, each tale provides a small discussion of some of the better known treatments by authors and artists in the fields of literature, poetry, music, film, and drama. Bibliographies available. This scholarly work is still in progress by its creator, Heidi Anne Heiner, but nonetheless conjures up vivid images of magical childhood fairy tales. http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ Topics: Religion Last updated Jan 7, 2003 |
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