Welcome to Extra Grimm, where we delve deeper into the world of the Brothers Grimm for the curious.
In this episode, we chat to fairy tale expert Maria Tatar about all things Grimm. Maria is a Harvard professor specialising in folklore, myth and germanic literature, and she's the author of several books on fairy tales including her new book "The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters".
Topics covered include such classics as sexism in fairy tales, how to read these stories to children, the monogenesis vs. polygenesis debate, why the Grimms had such a big impact, and much more besides - even Quentin Tarantino pops up at one point.
When lockdown engulfed the world we wanted to try something a little different. Having read her brilliant book "The Hard Facts Of The Brothers Grimm", we thought it would be amazing to hear directly from Maria about the Brothers Grimm and fairy tales. We hope you enjoy this eye-opening chat.
You can find Maria on Twitter @mariamtatar
grimmreadingpodcast@gmail.com
The Extraordinary Lives Of The Brothers Grimm – A Brothers Grimm Biography
52. King Thrushbeard
51. The Frog King, Or Iron Henry (aka The Frog Prince)
50. The Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)
49. Thousandfurs
48. The Three Languages
47. The Gold Children
46. The Water Nixie
45. The Dog And The Sparrow
44. The Thief And His Master
43. The Wedding Of Mrs Fox
42. Gambling Hansel
41. The Death Of The Little Hen (The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet Part 3: How Partlet died and was buried, and how Chanitcleer died of grief)
40. The Devil With The Three Golden Hairs
Christmas Special 2019
39. The Seven Ravens
38. Sweetheart Roland
37. Mr Korbes (The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet Part 2: How Chanticleer and Partlet Went to Visit Mr. Korbes)
36. The Elves (and the Shoemaker)
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