Childrens Literature
Late January - March 1, 2004
Once Upon a Time…: Fairytales through the Ages |
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Special Collections houses several rare volumes and other
materials featuring fairy tales. Three of the items in this display
are described more fully below but also included are two works from
the Hildreth Miniature Book Collection. From left: Grimm's Fairytales,
vignette illustrations by Edward H. Wehnert (Franklin, NH: The Hillside
Press, 1963), number 232 of a hand-set and printed edition of 350; Charles
Perrault, Sleeping Beauty and Other Stories (Philadelphia,
PA: Running Press, 1989), the version first told in 1697 in France that
is part of a collection called Tales of Mother Goose (Contes de
Ma Mère L’Oye). Perrault was a lawyer, a civil servant,
and an administrator under King Louis XIV. He wrote poetry and fairy
tales as a pastime. |
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Beauty and the Beast, a production by the San Diego State
University Theatre for Young Audiences and Summer Programs, 1980.
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Andersen’s Fairy Tales: A New Translation by Mrs. H.B. Paull
with Original Illustrations Paull contends that prior to Andersen’s tales, most stories for
children were intended to be “instructive, morally or scientifically.”
Andersen’s stories captured their “fancy and imagination. |
Illustration: "Lynette comes to seek a champion."
From The Children’s King Arthur: Stories from Tennyson and
Malory (New York: London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]). |
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