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Lol... it's okay, don't be alarmed... well, actually, you might want to be alarmed if you're a fairy tale purist..
They're writers who take traditional fairy tales and "retell" them... give them a bit more depth, maybe take out the magic and explain the happenings of them in terms of more practical solutions, Or they could have them retold from the view of someone who was the villain in the original tale, they just "re-envision" the fairy tales... They can end of being a lot naughtier I suppose lol... but not always... Try reading the summary of "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister" by Gregory Maguire... or, if you're feeling brave, try this short story which is a retelling of Snow White by Neil Gaiman: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/lofts/6656/snow.html |
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09-14-2008, 11:39 AM
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That's a nice story! Do you know the miniseries The 10th Kingdom by any chance? I very much like it!
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09-14-2008, 01:16 PM
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I know of it, and one of my old roommates loved it... but I've never had a chance to see it myself... hopefully I will someday
 I dabble in writing fairy tale revisions myself, so I enjoy reading them |
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09-14-2008, 04:20 PM
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She rewrites the fairytales as novels, going further into the development of the characters and the plots. (She has also written her own fantasy books - The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword are the ones I know about.) One of her books is just called Beauty, if I remember rightly - about Beauty and the Beast. One episode that I remember, is when she goes into Beast's library and finds a section of books that haven't been written yet - I think the Narnia books were one of the titles that were mentioned.
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09-14-2008, 05:26 PM
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Yeah! That one was always my favorite of hers... I found Spindle to be a bit dull... then again I always really loved the tale of Beauty and the Beast and so I found this retelling to be really wonderful... especially considering the more or less lack of beauty of Beauty... if that sentence made any sense lol
Have you read any Donna Jo Napoli? She did a retelling of The Little Mermaid and one of Rumplestiltskin that I really enjoyed! |
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09-15-2008, 09:59 AM
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Hooray, I make sense!
Sometimes, anyway! Well if you DO get a chance, pick either Gregory Maguire or Napoli up... Napoli is much much easier to get through, but Gregory Maguire has his moments... his are something like historical novels combined with fairy tales because he tends to set them in real time periods... the exception to this being Wicked and Son of a Witch |
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09-15-2008, 05:29 PM
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Some bookshops here in Oslo have a good choice of literature in English, even fantasy - so I might be able to come across them. I'll keep my eyes open.
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10-04-2008, 12:31 PM
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Fairytales
OK. This thread is meant for you all to post stories/fairytales that already exist. Perhpas native to your countries? As soon as I have brought my old English book here at my Mom's place, I'll post a story of the Glass cabinet. Nice one, trust me.
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10-04-2008, 12:37 PM
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Okay, well, this isn't a fairy tale, it's a short story... but it's one of my favorites.
And it's from my adopted country of England, so close enough So, without further ado I present: August Heat by W. F. Harvey http://www.donaldtyson.com/august.html
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10-05-2008, 05:04 AM
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The Writer's Workshop is for your own writings, so I moved the fairy-tale thread to General Literature and merged it with the existing one. Please try and avoid posting copied stories in their entirety, they're most likely still under copyright.
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10-05-2008, 09:27 AM
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What if they can already be found in their entireties online?
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10-05-2008, 09:50 AM
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I'm no expert in the matter, but I would assume it depends on whether it was placed there with the copyright holder's permission. A link may in that case be the best course of action.
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10-05-2008, 09:54 AM
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Yeah... it's been awhile since I took Mass Communication Law... I believe if there's a written material past a certain age beyond it's original copyright, then it becomes fair game.... but I'm not completely positive... so links it is!
I've already fixed mine.
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10-05-2008, 10:43 AM
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I thought the other thread was supposed to be for our own writings of the old fairy tales. :/
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If the author has released individual texts into Public Domain, that's another matter, but then that would have to be stated explicitly. Just posting it on the Internet does not put it into Public Domain. So yes, I think you're safest with the links.
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