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The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales

10 best books like The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (Alison Lurie): African Folktales, Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales, Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies, The Victorian Fairy Tale Book, A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen, Enchanted Forests, Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold, Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers, Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus Edition, Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life

African Folktales
AuthorRoger D. Abrahams
Just like the others, I really enjoyed the tales, but not the commentary, which seemed excessive, superficial and a justification for the white scientist to have his name on the cover. Also, the grouping was weird (I would prefer by tribe), and the pictures of art objects seemed to be attached to fairy...
Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
AuthorGordon Jarvie
ISBN0140622063
This tiny little thing of a book is adorable!

Firstly I adored the graphic representation of the Scottish accent - “aboot” (about), “leddy” (lady), “oot” (out), “ain” (one), “banes” (bones), and so many others -, I believe it added a feeling of hearing the story directly...
Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies
AuthorMoss Roberts
Quite a treasury. I liked the numerous short fables even better than the stories. And the introduction, that gives just a bit of historical context, esp. re the rivalry between the Confucians and the Taoists, is helpful.

My favorite is one of the very shortest:

"The Missing Axe

"A...
The Victorian Fairy Tale Book
AuthorMichael Patrick Hearn
From Robert Browning’s Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray’s Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahame’s Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them...
A Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen
AuthorHans Christian Andersen
ISBN0880299436
I thought I knew some of these stories, but even some of those that were familiar in name had a different outcome than what I was expecting. Apparently when these were written parents had no qualms about scaring the heck out of their children or in dashing hopes and dreams. Body parts being lopped off, homicide,...
Enchanted Forests
AuthorKatharine Kerr
ISBN0886776724
The enchanted forest is a place both terrifying and inviting, a region where monsters lurk and treasure may be found, a world peopled by evil witches and wise hermits, woodcutters and hunters, enchanted creatures and those of elfinkind. Here are 25 tales created especially for this volume by some of...
Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0689878370
Just as fairy-tale magic can transform a loved one into a swan, the contributors to this book have transformed traditional fairy tales and legends into stories that are completely original, yet still tantalizingly familiar.The stories include a Rapunzel whose most confining prison is her loneliness;...
Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers
AuthorNina Auerbach
ISBN0226032043
As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" to Christina Rossetti's unsettling...
Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus Edition
AuthorMichael Scott
ISBN0751508861
This summer I picked up a book called, Irish Folk and Fairy Tales Omnibus by Michael Scott, from Dublin Ireland. This book compiled 17 Irish folk tales into one. It caught my attention because the first three stories are about the sorrows of Irish storytelling. It takes upon various tales and roles them...
Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life
AuthorJoan Gould
ISBN0812975456
What’s your favorite fairy tale? Whether it’s “Cinderella,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Hansel and Gretel,” or another story, your answer reveals something significant about you, your experiences, and your soul. In this penetrating book, Joan Gould brings to the surface the hidden...
Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
AuthorMaria Tatar
ISBN0691000883
When fairy tales moved from workrooms, taverns, and the fireside into the nursery, they not only lost much of their irreverent, earthy humor but were also deprived of their contestatory stance to official culture. Children's literature, Maria Tatar maintains, has always been more intent on producing...
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
AuthorMarie-Louise von Franz
ISBN0877735263
Of the various types of mythological literature, fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and thus offer the clearest understanding of the basic patterns of the human psyche. Every people or nation has its own way of experiencing this psychic reality, and...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales
AuthorKate Bernheimer
ISBN0385486812
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...
Twice Upon a Time
AuthorDenise Little
ISBN0886778352
How would Little Red Riding Hood's story play if we heard it from the viewpoint of the wolf, and what's the real scuttlebutt about the seven dwarves? Whether they're told to us as bedtime treats or viewed as Disney movies, fairy tales fuel our imagination. Now fantasy's finest indulge themselves and...
The Yellow Fairy Book
AuthorAndrew Lang
ISBN0486216748
I grew up with a copy of Andrew Lang's The Blue Fairy Book. I loved that hardback edition of fairy tales. I read it and reread it and reread it. At that time, I had no idea that there were a whole set of color fairy tales to be had. But I had such fond memories of it that when I spied a modern edition of The Yellow Fairy...
Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World
AuthorKathleen Ragan
ISBN0393320464
Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters' books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines. Gathered from around the world, from regions as diverse as sub-Saharan Africa and Western Europe, from North and South American Indian cultures and...
The Dedalus Book of Finnish Fantasy (Dedalus Literary Fantasy Anthologies)
AuthorJohanna Sinisalo
Highly praised anthology of 100 years of Finnish literary fantasy. The latest volume in the Dedalus European fantasy series, this anthology of short stories includes a wide range of texts covering the period from nineteenth century until today. The richness and diversity of the stories reflects...
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture
AuthorJack D. Zipes
ISBN0140127836
"Spells of Enchantment" brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, arranged to provide a sense of the history and evolution of this ancient genre. Focusing on the work of the most gifted writers of the great Western literary movements from classical times to the present, Jack Zipes's...
Faery!
AuthorTerri Windling
ISBN0441225640
1 • A Troll and Two Roses • Patricia A. McKillip
13 • The Thirteenth Fey • Jane Yolen
25 • Lullaby for a Changeling • (1976) • Nicholas Stuart Gray
43 • Brat • (1941) • Theodore Sturgeon
61 • Wild Garlic • William F. Wu
79 • The Stranger • (1978) • Shulamith...
Touch Magic: Fantasy, Faerie & Folklore in the Literature of Childhood
AuthorJane Yolen
ISBN0874835917
Subtitled "Fantasy, Faerie, and Folklore in the Literature of Childhood," this small book of essays was first my position papers for the EdD I never quite got. Originally published in hardcover by Philomel and then brought out a few years later in a trade paperback, this book of essays has become well...
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