Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings 
.... Another important influence on Tolkien was
fairy stories, which interested him since childhood. He wrote a lengthy essay on this ....
(1881
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Importance of Food in Fairy Tales
.... she should have known better to begin with because the traditional
stories of the .... In a reversal of the usual form, there is the
fairy Tinkerbell's drinking of ....
(910
4
)
Urban Fairy Tale
....
Fairy tales such as "Molly Whuppie" are seductive, seeming on the one hand to .... Molly Whuppie" emphasizes the class distinctions that are evident in the
stories. ....
(4178
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Anne Sexton's Poem, Cinderella
We are all socialized from early on through
fairy tales, mythical
stories that more often than not end "happily ever after." One such
fairy tale, "Cinderella ....
(1215
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Two short stories of horrific childhoods
.... between her love for Jesse and her hatred of the latter's "
fairy-tale life .... above discussion has indicated how the two protagonists in the two
stories have begun ....
(1006
4
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The Quest in Literature
.... across thousands of years of history: Cinderella is one of the most recognized
stories around the .... A large part of what
fairy tales do is to convey to each new ....
(1443
6
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Creation Stories and Genesis
.... between literalist truth and declaring the competing (and opposite)
stories just plain .... the fourth century BC were unwilling to let this charming
fairy tale go ....
(2466
10
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Role of Silence in Fairy Tales
.... is a misdirection of effort to place too much emphasis on the psychoanalytical features of
fairy tales .... In some
stories, silence imposes an obstacle to happiness ....
(2728
11
)
Hansel and Gretel
Throughout time, people have used folk tales,
fairy tales, fantasy, myth, and other types
stories to make sense of the world around them. ....
(1159
5
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Hans Christian Andersen
.... Anderson meant to have his
stories read aloud, and in 1858 he gave the first oral reading of his
fairy tales at the Workers' Association. ....
(1134
5
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Proposed Thematic Literature Unit
.... This is a collection of short
stories considered to be Sturgeon's best, including one .... From the land of enchantment: Creative teaching with
fairy tales. ....
(1959
8
)
Little Red Riding Hood
.... Langer's analysis of
fairy tales is that they are a literary exercise in wishful thinking and that their fantasy
stories are "never believed by adults even in ....
(1314
5
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Oral Origins of British Folktales
.... written form through several generations, it can be more difficult to ascertain the oral origins of those
stories. .... Jack and the Beanstalk" is a
fairy tale that ....
(1031
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AA Milne as Serious Literature
Preschool and primary school teachers use
fairy tales, nursery rhymes, and children's
stories in order to engage their students so that the students will enjoy ....
(2573
10
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Disney's Beauty & the Beast
.... The
fairy tale emphasizes the intermixture of natural and supernatural, natural and unnatural .... images that falsify the intent of the original
stories the studio ....
(1447
6
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The leprechaun of Irish folklore
.... developing civilizations create myths and legends - children and primal cultures tell their folk and
fairy tales. One must not expect in these
stories the epic ....
(4695
19
)
Quality Children's Literature
....
Stories aimed at a child readership are thus able to take on almost mythic .... In fact, he tells his readers: In
fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats ....
(1957
8
)
Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren
....
Stories aimed at a child readership are thus able to take on almost mythic .... In fact, he tells his readers: In
fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats ....
(1957
8
)
"The Horse Dealer's Daughter"
.... anthology in which "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" first was published, is a collection of
stories that "reveal Lawrence using myth and
fairy tale structurally ....
(2740
11
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Mass communication
.... as a conservative force in society, retelling old
stories with new window dressing but with the same old morals. The happily-ever-after of
fairy tales is ....
(1451
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)
Book & Film Versions of The Wizard of Oz
.... the standard
fairy tale, as in the works of the Brothers Grimm. He also said he had eliminated the heartaches and nightmares usually found in such
stories: Yet ....
(1580
6
)
The Secret Garden & The Little Princess
.... The few books she had read and liked had been
fairy-story books, and she had read of secret gardens in some of the
stories. Sometimes ....
(769
3
)
Children's Writer Maurice Sendak
.... it can safely be said that his motivation was to write "
stories" not literature. .... for the re-discovered "Dear Mili" (the very dark Grimm's
Fairy Tale" said ....
(1915
8
)
Maurice Sendak
.... it can safely be said that his motivation was to write "
stories" not literature. .... for the re-discovered "Dear Mili" (the very dark Grimm's
Fairy Tale" said ....
(1952
8
)
Mythology in Bblical Texts
.... in 1822 as "a literary form concerning
stories of gods, which was to be distinguished from other literary types such as the legend and
fairy tale" (14-15). ....
(2253
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Illustrations & Language in Children's Literature
.... to provide children of all ethnic groups with a "greater variety of
stories, histories, and .... between the old folk tale or myth and the modern
fairy tale or ....
(1745
7
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Development of Morality in Children
.... Of course, the symbols and moral lessons within this, and many other children's
stories, are not always readily apparent. .... The Arthur Rackham
Fairy Book. ....
(2503
10
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Hasidic Tales and Eastern European Jews
.... for example, "The Two Sons" has parallels in the Russian
fairy tale "The .... Drawing on these rich and ancient sources, his
stories tap into the farthest recess of ....
(2958
12
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Settings in Eudora Welty
.... is, they identify the uniqueness of Welty's settings with the kinds of
stories and the .... To be sure, Robber Bridegroom is a kind of
fairy tale that has roots in ....
(2387
10
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MTV & Music Videos
.... same way one creates a dream. The videos often have fantasies or
fairy tale
stories. Feminists have denounced videos that have stereotypes ....
(2896
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