To understand why authors write new versions of fairy tales and introduce you to researching fairy tale scholarship and criticism; to focus on genre differences and constraints.

What makes a great queer fairy-tale retelling? Explore our top 10 picks for the best creative spins on classic tales.

Long before Disney turned Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid into global blockbusters, European writers, editors, and folklorists captivated readers with their fairy-tale collections as early ...

How do fairy tales, with roots reaching deep into the past, continue to cast their spell on us? This question animates The Art of Fairy Tales by Joanna Ebenstein. The book is a visual exploration of ...

Novelist Dale Kushner has entertained a lifelong fascination with the psyche. In her recent book, Wild Freedom, she notes that we can learn from fairy tales and other ancient stories handed down to us ...

Content warning: this article contains reference to racist depictions of First Nations people. Most of us grew up reading fairy tales adapted from the European tradition: stories of kings, queens and ...

Once upon a time, there was a young artist named Edmund Dulac, who built his early reputation on his illustrations for J. M. Dent & Company’s 1905 edition of Jane Eyre. Almost instantly, he became a ...