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Fall
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reference
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Background
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Tale
Types
| Fairy
Tale Texts
| Criticism
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Cite Sources
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Give Feedback
FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
Oxford
Companion to Fairy Tales
|
ref
PN 3437 .O94 2000 |
| Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature |
ref GR 72.56 A73 2005 |
| Dictionary
of English Folklore |
ref GR 141 .S573 2000
orclick
here |
Encyclopedia
of Fable
|
ref
PN 980 .S66 1998 |
| Dictionary
of British Folktales |
ref
GR 141 .B69 |
| Encyclopedia
of Fairies |
ref
GR 549 .B74 1976b |
| Standard
Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend |
ref
GR 35 .F8 |
| Oxford
Companion to World Mythology |
ref
BL 312 .L44 2005
or click
here |
| Greenwood
Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife |
ref
GR 35 .G75 2006 |
Writers
for Children
(Use
for the Brothers Grimm) |
ref
PN 1009 .A1 W73 1988 |
Dictionary
of Literary Biography
(Also
good for the Grimms) |
ref
PN 451 .D53 vol. 90 |
LOCATING
TALE TYPES
These
sources not only identify your fairy tale's motifs, they also suggest
sources for researching their origins and variants.
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
Guide
to Folktales in the English Language
Start
with chapter devoted to Grimm's Fairy Tales |
ref
GR 74.6 .A83 1987 |
Types
of International Folktales (Uther/Aarne/Thompson)
Double-check
your tale-type here for further sources |
ref
GR 1 .F55
vols. 133-135, nos.284-286 |
Motif-Index
of Folk Literature (Thompson)
More
leads to further variants & discussions |
ref
GR 67 .T52 |
FINDING
TEXTS OF FAIRY TALES
First
look in the Five
College Library Catalog. For recent fairy tales adaptations consult:
Index
to Fairy Tales - ref GR 550 .E2 (et al)
Each of the seven volumes covers a different time period. You may need
to visit local public libraries to find some of the collections listed
here.
Cinderella in America: a book of folk and fairy tales - RESERVE GR 105 .C45 2007
See the Tale Type & Motif Index appendices in the back
Folklore
and Mythology Electronic Texts (University of Pittsburgh)
Grimm's
Fairy Tales
Fairy
Tales: A Guide to Resources on the Web
Cinderella
Project (University of Southern Mississippi)
Snow
White Page (Rutgers University)
FINDING
CRITICISM
Books
- Look
at the bibliographies and footnotes in your textbooks.
- Consult
similar sections of books on reserve for this course.
- Look
the the Five College
Library Catalog under FAIRY TALES or more specific terms
such as the name of a tale or its author.
Bibliographies
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Children's
Literature: An Annotated Bibliography |
ref
PR 990 .R3 |
| Children's
Literature: A Guide to the Criticism |
ref
PR 990 .H4 1987 |
| Cinderella
Bibliography (University
of Rochester) |
click
here |
Articles
From Scholarly Journals
Humanities
Abstracts 1984+
Essay
and General Literature Index 1985+
ABELL
(Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) 1920+
MLA
International Bibliography 1926+
CITING
SOURCES
To
get help with using MLA Style visit the Smith College Libraries' Style
Manuals & Citation Guides page.
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