The following book resources look at the deconstruction fairy tales and their authors, focusing on different elements of the stories.
They have been chosen based on their content, and author as all of the authors below are experts the field and have published many books and journals on the subject in its various forms.
More resources can be found on the library’s catalogue as well.
Zack Zipes
Zipes, J. (1998). When dreams came true : classical fairy tales and their tradition. New York: Routledge. https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma990011130750402357
This resource looks at the different ways in which particular authors use the genre of the fairy tale to comment on political views, social context in their respective time periods.
Zipes, J. (2012). Fairy tales and the art of subversion the classical genre for children and the process of civilization (2nd ed. ed.). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England: Routledge. https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma991012597653902357
This resource focuses on the social history of the fairy tale And how it’s writers in 18th use the genre teach morals to its readers.
Zipes, J. (2015). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated. https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/15aovd3/cdi_askewsholts_vlebooks_9780191004162
This resource is an authoritative reference source for fairy tales. It explores the tales as well as the writers who wrote and reworked them, and the artists who illustrated them. It also bring into context the various adaptations, feminism as well sci fi and fantasy genres.
Maria Tarta
Tarta, M. (1999). The Classic fairy tales : texts, criticism. New York: Norton. https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma991012629478502357
This resource looks at the critical history, and cultural implications of the genre In the form of twelve essays that focus on the social origins and issues of gender and national identity present in the stories.
Max Lüthi
Lüthi, M. (1970). Once upon a time : on the nature of fairy tales. New York: F. Ungar Pub. Co. https://primo.csu.edu.au/permalink/61CSU_INST/1hkg98a/alma990000693640402357
This resources is an informative survey on the various ways that fairy tales are communicated in their local areas.
Further Resources
Marina Warner
Warner, M. (2014). Once upon a Time : A short History of Fairy Tale. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
This resource looks at defining the genre and evaluates the form as it continues to shift through time and history. It also focuses on how fairy tales are a crucial repository of societal understanding and culture.
Warner, M. (1994). From the Beast to the Blonde: On fairy tales and their tellers. London: Vintage.
This resources focuses specifically on female storytellers and how their gender affects the status of the their works.
