New edition (revised and expanded) available 8/13/02.
Fairy tales are one of the most enduring forms of literature, their plots retold and characters reimagined for centuries. In this elegant and thought-provoking collection of original essays, Kate Bernheimer brings together twenty-eight leading women writers to discuss how these stories helped shape their imaginations, their craft, and our culture. In poetic narratives, personal histories, and penetrating commentary, the assembled authors bare their soul and challenge received wisdom. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall is essential reading for anyone who has ever been bewitched by the strange and fanciful realm of fairy tales.
Contributors include: Alice Adams, Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Rosellen Brown, A. S. Byatt, Kathryn Davis, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Deborah Eisenberg, Maria Flook, Patricia Foster, Vivian Gornick, Lucy Grealy, bell hooks, Fanny Howe, Fern Kupfer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Carole Maso, Jane Miller, Lydia Millet, Joyce Carol Oates, Connie Porter, Francine Prose, Linda Gray Sexton, Midori Snyder, Fay Weldon, Joy Williams, Terri Windling.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CONTENTS
Introduction
Alice Adams
The Three Bears and Little Red Riding Hood in the Coffin House
Julia Alvarez
An Autobiography of Scheherazade
Margaret Atwood
Of Souls as Birds
Ann Beattie
John, Whose Disappearance Was Too Bad
Rosellen Brown
It Is You the Fable Is About
A. S. Byatt
Ice, Snow, Glass
Kathryn Davis
Why I Don't Like Reading Fairy Tales
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Princess in the Palace of Snakes
Deborah Eisenberg
In a Trance of Self
Maria Flook
The Rope Bridge to Sex
Patricia Foster
Little Red Cap
Vivian Gornick
Taking a Long Hard Look at "The Princess and the Pea"
Lucy Grealy
Girl
bell hooks
To Love Justice
Fanny Howe
Fairies
Fern Kupfer
Trust
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Wilderness Within
Carole Maso
Exquisite Hour
Jane Miller
Midnights
Lydia Millet
The Wife Kller
Joyce Carol Oates
In Olden Times, When Wishing Was Having: Classic and Contemporary Fairy Tales
Connie Porter
Rapunzel Across Time and Space
Francine Prose
Sleeping Beauty
Linda Gray Sexton
Bones and Black Puddings: Revisiting "The Juniper Tree"
Midori Snyder
The Monkey Girl
Fay Weldon
The Journey to Mr. Fox
Joy Williams
Baba Yaga
Terri Windling
Transformations
