How to Tell Fairy Tales from History
A Swedish fairy tale is about to become a reality as a new book is published. Swedish author Mirajane Jansson will publish A Dream of the Sea (2016) as a collection of fairy tales based on the stories in her Fairy Tales of Sweden collection of stories. The book has been adapted by American author Rebecca Mead, who wrote My Fairy […]
How to tell a fairy tale is a difficult and complicated task
Modern fairy tales are often confused with fairy tales that are older, more mythic and less grounded in fact, according to a new book that traces the origins of fairy tales and examines how they came to be.The story of Cinderella and the Three Little Pigs, the original story of a boy who learns to […]
Which of the four most famous fairy tales are true?
The Four Realms of Fairy Tales: A Guide to True Tales (Little, Brown and Company, 2009) is the latest book to be published by the International Fairy Tales Association.IFTA is the world’s largest association of scholars, publishers and artists who study fairy tales.It is the most prestigious literary organization dedicated to publishing the history of […]
WATCH: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is the most epic movie ever made in the world
WATCH: “Star Wars” is the “most epic movie that anyone has ever made.”But in “Fairy Tale Meadow,” director David Ayer shows us how a fairy tale takes place, as well as the ways in which we might understand it.Ayer’s “Fantasyland” is a world of magic, monsters, and monsters, all set in the same place as […]