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A Companion to the Fairy Tale

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This collection of sholarly articles on the fairy tale are diverse and interesting. No one school of thought dominates the collection, providing a wide sampling of contemporary fairy tale studies. I especially enjoyed the article on Maria Roalfe Cox by Pat Schaefer and Graham Anderson's article that essentially summarizes his longer book, "Fairytale in the Ancient World." While the emphasis is on European and North American fairy tales, some scholars travel further, such as Mary Brockington in her article about tales from Southern Asia.

Although the book is scholarly and thus costly, it is recommended for avid fairy tale enthusiasts as well as the traditional academic library.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Hilda Ellis Davidson and Anna Chaudhri
1. "The Interpretation of Fairy Tales" by Derek Brewer
2. "Creativity and Tradition in the Fairy Tale" by Neil Philip
3. "The Ultimate Fairy Tale: Oral Transmission in a Literate World" by Ruth Bottigheimer
4. "A Workshop of Editorial Practice: the Grimms' Kinder- und Hausmärchen" by David Blamires
5. "Old Tales for New: Finding the First Fairy Tales" by Graham Anderson
6. "Helpers and Adversaries in Fairy Tales" by Hilda Ellis Davidson
7. "'Catch If You Can': the Cumulative Tale" by Joyce Thomas
8. "Unknown Cinderella: The Contribution of Marian Roalfe Cox to the Study of Fairy Tale" by Pat Schaefer
9. "Hans Christian Andersen's Use of Folktales" by Bengt Holbek
10. "Collecting and Study of Tales in Scandinavia" by Reimund Kvideland
11. "The Wonder Tale in Ireland" by Patricia Lysaght
12. "Welsh Folk Narrative and the Fairy Tale" by Robin Gwyndaf
13. "The Ossetic Oral Narrative Tradition; Fairy Tales in the Context of Other Forms of Traditional Literature" by Anna Chaudhri
14. "Russian Fairy Tales and their Collectors" by James Riordan
15. "Fairy Tale Motifs from the Caucasus" by David Hunt
16. "The Fairy Tale in South Asia: The Same Only Different" By Mary Brockington
17. "Rewriting the Core: Transformations of the Fairy Tale in Contemporary Writing" by Tom Shippey