@gutenberg_org has free ebook editions of Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books, & a linked index to all the stories in all twelve volumes
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30580
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“The taste of the world, which has veered so often, is constant enough to fairy tales… we are still repeating to the boys and girls of each generation the stories that were old before Homer sang…”
—from Andrew Lang’s Introduction to THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK (1889)
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https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Blue_Fairy_Book
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“I have his complete collection of books with me at all times. I have three extra physical sets and I travel with an ebook version of them… These stories started their journey with me when I was very young”
—Guillermo del Toro on Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
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“…fairies persist, & become figures of fascination in this period, not because they offer an escape into the past, but because they speak powerfully, if indirectly, about present concerns”
—Andrew Teverson on Andrew Lang & the Fairies
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https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2016/12/a-shy-and-fugitive-people-andrew-lang-and-the-fairies/
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For Andrew Lang, the realm of fairy land was synonymous with escape. Writing in The New Princeton Review in 1888, the same year in which he assembled his authoritative edition of Perrault’s fairy tales and completed his own novel about fairy abduction The Gold of Fairnilee, Lang lamented the insistence in modern writing upon the ‘ugly, manly face […]
Andrew Lang (1844–1912) was born #OTD, 31 March. An extraordinarily prolific anthropologist, writer & literary critic, he is best remembered today for collecting & editing fairy stories from around the world
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Starting in 2023, LE STUDIUM offers a new VISITING RESEARCHERS Programme in partnership with the Maison des Sciences sociales et des Humanités. Cities and urban studies; Money, economy and finance; Environmental Humanities; Transmission(s), transfer(s), re-appropriation(s); Human interaction and Data Science; Health in all its forms. This programme aims to attract experienced international researchers willing to conduct a high quality and innovative project in collaboration with the MSH Val de Loire. It offers residency periods of 3 to 10 months.
We added 2 new titles on #adolescence & processes of change!
Julia Pfeiffer's "Transforming Girls" talks about the #transformation from #backfisch to #womanhood within 19th c #youngadultliterature in German & #AmericanLiterature
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Winnie-the-Pooh at 100: this much-loved classic illustrates how #books can boost our wellbeing https://theconversation.com/winnie-the-pooh-at-100-this-much-loved-classic-illustrates-how-books-can-boost-our-wellbeing-277528
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The use of anthropomorphic narratives in children’s literature remains a foundational tool for developing emotional intelligence. 🏛️📖
I am sharing a meaningful new work by Danna Southwell: "Bertha the Ordinary Chicken." For those interested in the educational impact of fables and the psychology of self-worth in early development, this is a highly grounded resource.
Full details here:
🔗 https://www.dannasouthwellauthor.com/book/
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Bernadette A. Lear
Assoc for Scottish Literature
Cécile Boulaire
FID Anglo-American Culture
Kathy Bryson
Susan Hodges