tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post3895051049987434187..comments2024-03-21T00:29:29.587-07:00Comments on Fairy Tale Fandom: The Superheroes of Fairy Tale Writing!Adam Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-27974244590838999702015-03-08T17:14:32.925-07:002015-03-08T17:14:32.925-07:00I'm glad you and Amy-Elize both like my analog...I'm glad you and Amy-Elize both like my analogy. After all, part of the mission statement of Fairy Tale Fandom was to tackle fairy tales from a pop cultrure (or rather, geek culture) POV. Heck, look at my background. My intention was to make it look like a combination of storybook illustrations and comic book panels.<br /><br />I have another analogy in mind to refer to Andrew Lang's unique contribution to the fairy tale world, so keep an eye out for that.Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-59142810127345258802015-03-08T17:10:38.175-07:002015-03-08T17:10:38.175-07:00You're the first person I've ever heard me...You're the first person I've ever heard mention her. I've written her name down to seek her out. It's not the only new name I've encountered. One of my Facebook followers who seems to have trouble posting comments on the blog recommended Wilhelm Hauff who I also have never heard of. By the time I'm done with this post, I may have added far too many books to my kindle.Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-65701465020221894392015-03-08T07:39:16.200-07:002015-03-08T07:39:16.200-07:00One of the most wonderful collections ever -- Beau...One of the most wonderful collections ever -- Beautiful Angiola: The Lost Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales of Laura Gonzenbach -- there are actually two volumes to this -- the second is The Robber with the Witches Head. Gonzenback collected these amazing stories mostly from women in the 1870s. They are simply, the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-88236985900879573332015-03-07T20:51:46.674-08:002015-03-07T20:51:46.674-08:00Right you are. Can't believe I didn't eve...Right you are. Can't believe I didn't even think of that. The Sur La Lune site was the first I found, and it's a mind-bogglingly awesome resource. I only recently found this blog because I saw it recommended by Once Upon a Blog. I'm in awe of the extensive work done by fairy tale bloggers. I'd be much less knowledgable - and a lot less entertained! - without them. convergingnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425497963518209698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-26585973014880932362015-03-07T08:32:14.559-08:002015-03-07T08:32:14.559-08:00The Beauty and the Beast fan in me wants to add Ma...The Beauty and the Beast fan in me wants to add Madames de Villeneuve/Beaumont to the list, but I'm torn; they're only famous for the one tale, so they don't qualify as collectors. But it's one of the most famous and beloved tales so I feel like it needs to be represented!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097525403940409218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-37199506927329957452015-03-07T03:21:27.854-08:002015-03-07T03:21:27.854-08:00I am jealous haha, pretty excited to get this book...I am jealous haha, pretty excited to get this book! It will take me awhile to read it as well, though. Love your idea of fairy tale collector superheroes, and I definitely agree there should be more than 4. I second the comments that add Basile and Lang to the list, and agree with Afanasyev. Where would the world be without Baba Yaga?!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13311936206951108530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-63445651949138645962015-03-06T18:16:24.080-08:002015-03-06T18:16:24.080-08:00Awesome post!
Yes, yes and yes to your additions, ...Awesome post!<br />Yes, yes and yes to your additions, though I too, wouldn't be putting Schonwerth on the list just yet either. Perhaps the list is for American influence? If in Europe there's no way you could leave off Afanasyev and A&M or the UK Joseph Jacobs and Lang.<br />Love your superhero analogy - especially as many collectors/writers were working against the odds or being rebellious for what they believed was a 'greater good' (ie that a society can't function healthily if it loses/forgets their fairy tales.<br />My list would be:<br />1) Grimms <br />2) Lang (his color books can't be beat for an eclectic multicultural collection of tales and I just noticed this week: of the tales in his Blue Book, almost all of those are still in circulation in some form - either popular or performing arts/works/advertising etc - it's really interesting..) <br />3) Andersen (especially since he drew from tales he heard as a child, and somehow they've lasted, despite their extreme didactic, no, "preachy" tone - everywhere) <br />4) Afanasyev (seriously amazing contribution!)<br />5) Ab&Moe (they might really have been Batman and Robin - collecting tales in the regions they did! Plus - so very memorable) <br />6) Joseph Jacobs (I can't ascribe a particular cape - definitely super powered though)<br />NOTE: I don't know which order to put Afanasyev, A&M & JJ in, frankly. Not even in a personal list. Equal love for all. <br />7) Basile <br />8) Straparola <br />9) Madame d'Aulnoy<br /> (not just for the tales but also for her influence on fairy tales and storytelling in general) <br />10) Perrault (because the list does feel incomplete without him and his Mother Goose Tales)<br />Yeah - I have 10. My list isn't so holy but it feels more complete to me personally. ;)<br />PS I really wanted to put the Aarne-Thompson duo on there too but they don't really fit the definition.Gypsy Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376146830985305127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-56490475483299636412015-03-06T13:24:12.485-08:002015-03-06T13:24:12.485-08:00Okay, so your list seems to be 1) Grimm, 2) Perrau...Okay, so your list seems to be 1) Grimm, 2) Perrault, 3)Afanasyev, 4)Jacobs, 5) Walker, 6) Bushnaq and 7)Scheherezade. :)<br /><br />Andrew Lang is one of those subjects I've planning to get to. I'll probably come up with something next week, since I'm on the subject of "writers". I read The Blue Fairy Book more than a year ago and thought it was kind of something of an odd little book. I still haven't commented on it, because I haven't had the right moment. I think that moment might be here, though.Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-13507624553087433772015-03-06T13:18:52.363-08:002015-03-06T13:18:52.363-08:00Actually, my modern day fairy tale list would almo...Actually, my modern day fairy tale list would almost entirely consist of the other fairy tale bloggers I read. I find I read very few scholarly works on folk and fairy tales, choosing instead books of the tales themselves. Most of the differing viewpoints on the tales I pick up on come from the various people I've met around the internet.Adam Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129844426168129584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-44206041238996315742015-03-06T11:09:22.135-08:002015-03-06T11:09:22.135-08:00What a great list of Seven Magical Collectors! I w...What a great list of Seven Magical Collectors! I was thinking about what my list would be, and it's very close to yours. Afanasyev was the one who came to mind first when you mentioned expanding the list, so I was very glad to see him. Your choice of Jacobs then trumped my second thought of Andrew Lang, who was more of second layer collector, collecting from others' collections and somehow rounding up the great illustrators to spark up the pages. I wanted to add Scheherazade, though I don't know if persons with no proper birth certificate are allowed, and a modern favorite collector team, Barbara and Warren Walker who collected Turkish folk and fairy tales for the last 30 years of the last century and published several astonishing anthologies. I'm removing Andersen, who seems more literary than folk to me and adding in Inea Bushnaq. Also, as excited as I am about von Schoenwerth (my copy just arrived in today's mail), I might be tempted to hold out for half a century or so before declaring him the new golden boy. <br />But, now I've lost count by and, as in your case, others keep coming to mind whom I don't want to leave out.Mary Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14398275332853429822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770811529718101789.post-34726393166361842442015-03-06T10:41:52.801-08:002015-03-06T10:41:52.801-08:00I would definitely include Basile and Straparola i...I would definitely include Basile and Straparola in the League of Extraordinary Fairy Godfathers. I like your choices too. But you got me thinking, it'd be cool to find out who people's modern day fairy tale heroes are. To that, I'd answer (just for starters): Kate Bernheimer, Jack Zipes, Marina Warner, Maria Tatar, Ruth Bottigheimer, and so many others.convergingnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08425497963518209698noreply@blogger.com