Books written by Maria Tatar

The Classic Fairy Tales

Edwards, Lee R. “The Labors of Psyche: Toward a Theory of Female Heroism.” Critical Inquiry 6 (1979): 33–49. Ellis, John. One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1982.
Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

The Royal Pavilion, Libraries & Museums, Brighton & Hove Museum. The Bridgeman Art Library. Reclining on a couch covered in a striped fabric, a girl listens to a story (presumably Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and ...
Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood

John Hersey famously addressed the question of declining literacy in a Life magazine article , and he too speculated that the answer might be found in the dull Dick and Jane primers— “ antiseptic little sugar - books ” used in U.S. ...
The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales

The popular story of the three pigs bears a close resemblance to the Grimms ' “ The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids , " although that story takes a different cautionary turn by presenting the kids as falling prey to a wolf by failing to ...
Contos de fadas: edição comentada e ilustrada: Branca de Neve, Cinderela, João e Maria, Rapunzel, O Gato de Botas, O...

Branca de Neve, Cinderela, João e Maria, Rapunzel, O Gato de Botas, O Patinho Feio, A Pequena Sereia Maria Tatar. Cech, Jon. ... The Tower and the Well: A Psychological Interpretation of the Fairy Tales of Madame d'Aulnoy.
The Heroine with 1001 Faces

Like the tongueless Philomela, who spins the tale of her rape into a tapestry, or Arachne, who portrays the misdeeds of the gods, they have discovered instruments for securing fairness in the storytelling circles where so-called women’s ...
Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives

Maria Tatar analyses the many forms the tale of Bluebeard's wife has taken over time, showing how artists have taken the Bluebeard theme and revived it with their own signature twists.
The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales: Expanded Edition

Taming the beast : Bluebeard and other monsters -- Epilogue : getting even -- Appendixes -- A. Six fairy tales from the Nursery and household tales, with commentary -- B. Selected tales from the first edition of the Nursery and household ...
Beauty and the Beast: Classic Tales About Animal Brides and Grooms from Around the World

The “tale as old as time,” in versions from across the centuries and around the world—published to coincide with Disney’s live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Ewan McGregor, Audra McDonald, Kevin Kline, ...
The Annotated African American Folktales

Presenting these tales with illuminating annotations and hundreds of revelatory illustrations, The Annotated African American Folktales reminds us that stories not only move, entertain, and instruct but, more fundamentally, inspire and keep ...
The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales

She presents new interpretations of the powerful stories in this book. Few studies have been written in English on these tales, and none has probed their allegedly happy endings so thoroughly."--BOOK JACKET.
The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales

In the world of the Grimms' fairy tale, this experience of enchantment or magic goes unquestioned, ... later explains to Branza (the Snow White character) that this dream world was “the best place [for Liga] to raise her babies in: a ...
The Grimm Reader: The Classic Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Maria Tatar’s engaging preface provides readers with the historical and cultural context to understand what these stories meant and their contemporary resonance.
The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters

Versions of the Snow White story have been shared across the world for centuries.
The Classic Fairy Tales (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

What did Disney actually do to have his name flash on top of the title as “Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” in big letters and later credit his coworkers in small letters? As we know, Disney never liked to give credit to ...
The Heroine with 1,001 Faces

We had to wait far too long for this book! And of course, Maria Tatar wrote it. . . . The Heroine with 1,001 Faces brings life, but she also weaves the yarns of fate and delivers death. Tatar knows where to find her behind all her masks.
Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and His Wives

Maria Tatar analyses the many forms the tale of Bluebeard's wife has taken over time, showing how artists have taken the Bluebeard theme and revived it with their own signature twists.
Off with Their Heads!: Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood

On interpretations of “Little Red Riding Hood,” see Jack Zipes, The Trials and Tribulations of Little Red Riding Hood: Versions of the Tale in Sociocultural Context (South Hadley, Mass.: Bergin & Garvey, 1983), pp. 9–10, and Bettelheim, ...
The Heroine with 1,001 Faces

We had to wait far too long for this book! And of course, Maria Tatar wrote it. . . . The Heroine with 1,001 Faces brings life, but she also weaves the yarns of fate and delivers death. Tatar knows where to find her behind all her masks.
Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany

Maria Tatar's book opens up an important discussion for readers seeking to understand the forces behind sexual violence and its portrayal in the cultural media throughout this century.