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Resources: 

Writing Wonder Reading List.pdf

Required Texts:

• The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales (2002). Maria Tatar, ed. ISBN 978-0-393-05163-6
• Other readings online or in PDFs below 
• Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion (1983). Jack Zipes. Ebook or Print.
• Material posted on wiki. 

Online Resources for Primary Material and Context:

• SurLaLune Fairy Tales Website
• Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales Website 
• Grimms' Fairy Tales Website
• Kinder und Hausmärchen 
• Perrault's Fairy Tales
• Contes de Perrault  
• Folklinks Website (see DL Ashlimen's website for further resources)

Beauty and the Beast (ATU 425)

• Beastly. Alex Flinn.
• Beauty. Robin McKinnley 

Cinderella (ATU 510A)

• Alcott, Louisa May. A Modern Cinderella. 

Snow White (ATU 709) 

Rapunzel (ATU 310)

Associations:

International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts 

American Folklore Society

Criticism and Scholarship (Secondary Source Material): 

• Marvels and Tales
• Marvels and Tales can be accessed through PROJECT MUSE on the ARTICLE DATABASES on the WSU Library Cite.
• The European Folktale: Form and Nature. Max Lüthi. 
• Once Upon A Time: On the Nature of Fairy Tales. Max Lüthi.
• Luthi_Fairytale.pdf  
• Luthi_OnceUponTime.pdf  
• Fairy Tales and Feminism: New Approaches 
• Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion, Allusion, and Paradigm. Ruth Bottigheimer, ed.  
• Developmental fairy tales: evolutionary thinking and modern Chinese culture. Andrew F. Jones. 
• Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale. Catherine Orenstein. 

Cinderella (ATU 510)

• Cinderella: A Folklore Casebook. Alan Dundes, ed.
• The Cinderella Complex. Colette Dowling.  

Beauty and the Beast (ATU 425)

• Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of An Old Tale. Betsy Hearne.
• The Metamorphosis of Apelius: Cupid and Psyche, Beauty and the Beast….  
• Warner_Beast_Blonde.pdf  

Snow White  

Red Riding Hood

• Little Red Riding Hood for All Ages. Sandra Beckett.