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New Book: Far Out Fairy Tales Compendium

Far Out Fairy Tales is officially released today on April Fool's Day. The first Far Out Fairy Tales were released individually back in February with the four titles listed below. Two more titles were released in early 2016. Now the first four tales--and another unknown fifth tale according to the cover, but not the description--are available in a compendium. These are fairy tales with some science fiction inspiration, too.

Book description for Far Out Fairy Tales:

What do you get when classic fairy tales are twisted about, turned inside out, and reworked for the graphic novel format? Far Out Fairy Tales! Discover what Snow White would be like if she were raised by robots. Find out how Cinderella's story plays out when she walks the path of the ninja. Play along when three billy goats named Gruff get stuck inside a video game. Chase down the Big Bad Wolf with the help of a superpowered Red Riding Hood! Each fairy tale revision holds true to the spirit of the original while adding a modern twist to the classic tales we know and love. Experience fairy tales like never before in this innovative series of full-color comic books for kids!

Ninja-rella: A Graphic Novel (Far Out Fairy Tales) by Joey Comeau (Author), Omar Lozano (Illustrator)

Book description:

Cinderella's stepmother and two stepsisters treat her like dirt. Each and every day, they force her to clean their clothes, cook their meals, and only give her rags to wear and crumbs to eat. But each night, in secret and in shadows, Cinderella trains to be a ninja! More than anything, Cinderella yearns to become the Prince's personal bodyguard. When the opportunity to prove her worth to the Prince finally arrives in the form of an invitation to a royal costume ball, Cinderella's stepmother won't let her go! But this time around, Ninja-rella isn't going to take ""no"" for an answer . . .

Red Riding Hood, Superhero: A Graphic Novel (Far Out Fairy Tales) by Otis Frampton (Author, Illustrator)

Book description:

While taking a tour of Area 54 with her grandmother, the President of the United States, little Ruby Topper discovers a mysterious little alien carrying a red hood. When Ruby dons the crimson cape and cowl, it grants her AMAZING SUPERPOWERS! But will her newfound abilities be enough to save the White House -- and her grandmother -- from the rampaging Big Bad Wolf-Bot?

Snow White and the Seven Robots: A Graphic Novel (Far Out Fairy Tales) by Louise Simonson (Author), Jimena Sanchez S. (Illustrator)

Book description:

Far, far away, on a distant planet called Techworld, a little girl named Snow White is born. Created by the planets smartest minds to be the perfect scientist, Snow immediately shows a knack for working with electronics. The Queen, fearing for her crown, exiles Snow White so she cannot grow up and take the Queens place as the most intelligent person on the planet. However, Snow White's willingness to help those in need -- especially the downtrodden robots of Techworld -- earns her many friends, and they are all quite eager to help her cause.

Super Billy Goats Gruff: A Graphic Novel (Far Out Fairy Tales) by Sean Tulien (Author), Fern Cano (Illustrator)

Book description:

Once upon a time, three billy goats named Gruff were traveling to the hillside to snack on some green grass -- when they suddenly find themselves trapped inside a video game! The good news: the three billy goat brothers become SUPER billy goats! One becomes a Warrior, one becomes a Ninja, and one becomes a Wizard. The bad news: the green field of grass is gone -- and in its place is Hillside Castle, a dangerous dungeon filled with creepy-crawlies and fantastical foes! Can the goats make their way through the castle to get their grass -- or will the toothsome troll named Final Boss feast on them for his lunch?

Mother Goose Refigured: A Critical Translation of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies) by Christine A. Jones

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Mother Goose Refigured: A Critical Translation of Charles Perrault's Fairy Tales (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies) by Christine A. Jones was the first book I learned of at ICFA 37 and promptly preordered once I had access to my computer. Jones presented a paper about her work on this book and I was beyond excited.

I don't have time today to parse my notes. But the short version of why this book is important? It is a fresh translation of Perrault in English, something that hasn't really happened ever, since it was first translated hundreds of years ago. I am often asked to recommend a Perrault translation but there aren't really any unique or definitive ones. I have some minor preferences, but I say minor because most of the differences between existing translations are minor.

Based on her presentation, Jones has attempted to approach the text with new eyes which brings new perceptions of the text to the readers. I will pull my notes and share some of the intricacies and challenges she faced. As an amateur translator myself, I was impressed with the thoughtfulness, research and knowledge that she demonstrated. So, yes, I am excited about a new English translation of Perrault that tries to be faithful to the original French text but not beholden to the cliches and expectations created by roughly three hundred years of the first translations.

Book description:

Charles Perrault published Histoires ou Contes du temps passé ("Stories or Tales of the Past") in France in 1697 during what scholars call the first "vogue" of tales produced by learned French writers. The genre that we now know so well was new and an uncommon kind of literature in the epic world of Louis XIV's court. This inaugural collection of French fairy tales features characters like Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, and Puss-in-Boots that over the course of the eighteenth century became icons of social history in France and abroad. Translating the original Histoires ou Contes means grappling not only with the strangeness of seventeenth-century French but also with the ubiquity and familiarity of plots and heroines in their famous English personae.

From its very first translation in 1729, Histoires ou Contes has depended heavily on its English translation for enduring recognition and the genesis of character names. This dependable recognition makes new, innovative translation challenging. For example, can Perrault's invented name "Cendrillon" be retranslated into anything other than "Cinderella"? And what would happen to our understanding of the tale if it were? Is it possible to sidestep the Anglophone tradition and view the seventeenth-century French anew? Why not leave Cinderella alone, as she is deeply ingrained in cultural lore and beloved the way she is? Such questions inspired the translations of these tales in Mother Goose Refigured, which aim to regenerate new critical interest in heroines and heroes that seem frozen in time. The book offers introductory essays on the history of interpretation and translation, before retranslating each of the Histoires ou Contes with the aim to prove that if Perrault's is a classical frame of reference, these tales nonetheless benefit from a modern readership.

Designed for scholars and their classrooms, Mother Goose Refigured promises to inspire new academic interpretations of the Mother Goose tales, particularly among scholars who do not have access to the original French and have relied for their critical inquiries on traditional renderings of the tales.

NRA Rewrites Fairy Tales With More Firearms, Less Bloodshed

Illustration by Amy Hulse, Studio Coronado
So SurLaLune tries to be apolitical as much as possible. So I am going to not comment but will share the following article and links from NPR and the NRA: NRA Rewrites Fairy Tales With More Firearms, Less Bloodshed by CAMILA DOMONOSKE

Adding guns to the world of the Brothers Grimm drastically reduces death rates, according to a study — well, OK, according to a couple of stories published by the NRA.

So far, there are only two data points. And they're imaginary. But the trendline is clear: In the NRA's reimagined fairy tales, putting rifles in the hands of children creates a safer world.

The NRA Family site published its first reimagined fairy tale — "Little Red Riding Hood (Has A Gun)" in January, and followed up with "Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)" last week.

On Twitter, inspired by the series, a few people have been inventing their own #NRAfairytales, imagining tales that begin with "once upon a time" and end with a bang.

There's much more, so click through to read.

And that's all I have to say about that. Thanks to Val for sharing!

Bargain Ebook: The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh for $2.99

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Hey y'all, I have been home from my trip to Orlando for about an hour now. I need a nap. Tonight I plan to start composing the posts for this week with book recommendations and such from the ICFA37 conference. For now, I wanted to share this bargain priced book--one that was discussed at the conference--that just dropped to a great bargain ebook price.

The Wrath & the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh is on sale in ebook format for $2.99! That's a drop of several dollars, the lowest price I've seen for it. The book has been a bestseller and well-received. It is also part of a series with The Rose and the Dagger slated for release in April.

Book description:

A sumptuous and epically told love story inspired by A Thousand and One Nights

Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed at sunrise. So it is a suspicious surprise when sixteen-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry Khalid. But she does so with a clever plan to stay alive and exact revenge on the Caliph for the murder of her best friend and countless other girls. Shazi’s wit and will, indeed, get her through to the dawn that no others have seen, but with a catch . . . she’s falling in love with the very boy who killed her dearest friend.

She discovers that the murderous boy-king is not all that he seems and neither are the deaths of so many girls. Shazi is determined to uncover the reason for the murders and to break the cycle once and for all.

IAFA 37 Conference: Day 1

Hello all!
I send greetings from Orlando, FL where I am attending IAFA 37. After some airport adventures way too early this morning, we--hubby John is traveling with me although he's not attending the conference itself--arrived safely at the Marriott Hotel where the conference is held. I attended the opening session and the first papers session today and worked to get my tired brain into an academic mode.
First up was The Opening Panel: Wonder Tales with Moderator: Gary K. Wolfe, Delia Sherman (replacing absent Terri Windling), Holly Black and Cristina Bacchilega. The discussion centered around "wonder" as a term and experience, from the perspective of both creators and scholars. Some intriguing comments and questions were shared which I don't feel up to trying to convey here tonight as I write. Quite frankly, I would fail even with the helps of my notes to convey the nuances and tenor of the discussion.

Next up was the first set of sessions for the conference. It is challenging to pick one for each session but this time I chose to attend:

The Power of the Female Body in YA Fairy Tale Adaptations
Chair: Amanda Firestone
The University of Tampa

“And they lived ever after, whether they were happy about it or not”: Rediscovering Possibilities for Female Agency and Exploring
Trauma in Re-Imagined Young Adult Fairy Tales
Annika Herb
University of Newcastle, Australia

Your Body is a Wonderland: Fantasy and Desire in Francesca Lia Block’s The Rose and the Beast
Mandy Mahaffey
Valencia College

Annika Herb's paper primarily discussed the short story, "Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tongue" by Christine Johnson in Grim (Harlequin Teen). The story subverts the classic moral of "Diamonds and Toads" or I should say ATU 480 tales. And, yes, there was some amusement in the audience that this was published under the Harlequin imprint, too.

While both papers were strong and brought much to a fun discussion at the end of the session, this paper resonated with me. I am near finished editing an anthology of ATU 480: Kind and Unkind Girls tales of which Diamonds and Toads is a variant (my upcoming collection has over 150 variants of ATU 480 stories) so discussion of a modern take on the tale--a fascinating interpretation at that--was a fine start to the conference for me. I don't want to spoil it here, but really, go read that story if you are at all familiar with Diamonds and Toads.

This is a short story I will need to revisit since I quickly skimmed it when the book was released a few years ago. I own the book in paper instead of ebook, so that will need to await my return home.



Mandy Mahaffey primarily discussed "Snow" in Francesca Lia Block's The Rose and The Beast: Fairy Tales Retold which I remember pretty vividly from when it was released. I was a YA librarian then in Burbank, CA and that was the only book I ever had challenged. Not surprising considering its content perhaps, but it was on the shelf next to The Gossip Girl series which I thought warranted challenging on so many other levels. This book, while not to all tastes, was important to those needing its fairy tale interpretations, rather Angela Carter for teens.

Anyway, back to the session at hand. The Q&A had some wonderful questions and comments that sparked thoughts and ideas. One request was for feminist fairy tale interpretations for some of our youngest readers, in the ages 4-6 range. A lot of the usual suspects came up, such as Cinder Edna, Princess Furball, Tatterhood, The Paper Bag Princess, Sleeping Ugly and more.

My fatigued brain totally spaced on a more recent title: Sleeping Cinderella and Other Princess Mix-ups by Stephanie Clarkson (Author), Brigette Barrager (Illustrator). I reviewed the book last year after sharing it with my then 5-year-old niece. It's not a book that shouts feminist messaging, but once you look past the humorous delivery, it really is exactly that.


Another newer title offered for consideration was Shannon Hale's The Princess in Black which doesn't retell a specific fairy tale, but definitely plays with the genre. My niece, now six, adores this series and was just as thrilled to unwrap the most recent release--The Princess in Black and the Perfect Princess Party--for her birthday last month as the bigger, more expensive presents.


So if you can think of more to share, please do so here in the comments. Even if you aren't here at IAFA, you can join the after discussions with us here!

Now I'm off to rest and coddle my brain before exposing it to all the new discussions that await it tomorrow.

New Release: Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly

Ravenous by MarcyKate Connolly was released last month. It is a companion to last year's Monstrous which I have not featured on the blog since it is more of a Frankenstein inspired story although the reviews say there are many fairy tale elements within.

This new book retells Hansel and Gretel in a way that sounds like a cross with the Snow Queen and other tales where sisters rescue brothers. And the witch obviously has some Baba Yaga elements to her.

So looks like fun for readers who like to identify their fairy tale bits and pieces!

Book description:

For fans of tales by the Brothers Grimm, this novel, inspired by the fairytale "Hansel and Gretel," is a riveting and wholly original story of an epic quest and a heroine who will stop at nothing to save the one she loves most. A companion to the author's Monstrous, it will be enjoyed by fans of that book as well as readers who are new to this fully imagined and rich world. Also includes a bonus story, Precious, a prequel to both Monstrous and Ravenous.

A witch has come to the city of Bryre. She travels in a hut that has chicken feet, and she's ravenous for children.

When the witch captures Hans, Greta's little brother, Greta refuses to let her have him. The two strike up a bargain. Greta will retrieve something the witch desires in exchange for her brother's freedom.To get the prize Greta must travel to Belladoma—a city where she was once held captive. With the help of a new friend, Dalen, a magical half-boy and half-horse, Greta embarks on the journey and tries to overcome both foes and her own weaknesses.

New Release: The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins

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The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins is released this week. I am really excited with this one--I haven't read it yet, don't even have a copy--but it retells a lesser known Grimm tale, The Singing Bone.

The Singing Bone falls into ATU 780 and has several variations. I haven't annotated this on SurLaLune although it has been on my consideration list for years. The tale has been retold by modern authors a few times in short fiction and poetry in the last three decades, but not often--if ever--in novel length.

You can see a list of folklore variations of ATU 780 on D. L. Ashliman's site at The Singing Bone, too.

The book will be part of a duology, The Eurona Duology, so there will be more to come, too from Higgins.

Book description:

Wendy Higgins, the author of the New York Times bestselling Sweet Evil series, reimagines a classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale with The Great Hunt, a dramatic, romance-filled fantasy with rugged hunters, romantic tension, and a princess willing to risk all to save her kingdom.

When a monstrous beast attacks in Eurona, desperate measures must be taken. The king sends a proclamation to the best and bravest hunters: whoever kills the creature will win the hand of his daughter Princess Aerity as a reward. The princess recognizes her duty but cannot bear the idea of marrying a stranger—she was meant to marry for love—until a brooding local hunter, Paxton Seabolt, catches her attention. And while there’s no denying the fiery chemistry between them, Princess Aerity feels that Paxton’s mysteriousness is foreboding, maybe even dangerous.

Paxton is not the marrying type. Nor does he care much for spoiled royals and their arcane laws. He is determined to keep his focus on the task at hand—ridding the kingdom of the beast—but the princess continues to surprise him, and the secrets he’s buried begin to surface against his wishes.

New Release: Kingdom of Ashes by Rhiannon Thomas

Kingdom of Ashes by Rhiannon Thomas was released last week. It is the second book in her A Wicked Thing Book Series. The series retells Sleeping Beauty.

Book description:

The kiss was just the beginning . . . The second book in Rhiannon Thomas’s epic retelling of Sleeping Beauty combines adventure, magic, and romance for a sweeping fantasy about one girl’s journey to fulfill her destiny.

Aurora was supposed to be her kingdom’s savior. But when she was forced to decide between being loyal to the crown and loyal to her country, she set events in motion that branded her a traitor.

Now, hunted by the king’s soldiers, Aurora’s only chance of freeing her kingdom from the king’s tyrannical rule is by learning to control her magic. But Aurora’s powers come at a price—one that forces her to leave the only home she’s ever known, one that demands she choose between the man she loves and the people she seeks to protect, and one that will cause her to unravel the mysteries surrounding the curse that was placed on her over a century before . . . and uncover the truth about her destiny.

Crafty Friday: Little Stitcher's Cinderella and Snow White and Rose Red

This week's Crafty Friday is courtesy of a SurLaLune reader who sent me the link and a short email:

I spotted these new releases on The Little Stitcher's blog and thought of you.

Jo P

Thanks for sharing, Jo, and thinking of SurLaLune. If you are curious, you can also visit Jo's blog at Serendipitous Stitching.

These images come from the designer's blog at The Little Stitcher. They are available for sale in her Etsy Store.


About the designs:

For these designs I wanted to put together some details of two versions of the story of Cinderella, the first by the Brothers Grimm and the second by Charles Perrault. I warmly suggest you to read both fairy tales because they are beautiful, much more the cartoon adapted by Disney.

The detail of the Fairy Godmother, who asks Cinderella to bring her a big pumpkin, and then the mice - and even six lizards that the Fairy turns into lackeys - comes from the fairytale collected by Perrault, while in the version collected by the Brothers Grimm, which in my opinion is so sweet, there is the lovely white bird, which lives on a hazel tree grown on the grave of the mother of the maiden. The bird hears the prayers of Cinderella and launches her the clothes she will wear in the three evenings of dance at the court.

In both tales there is the detail of the little shoe left at the castle, but if in Perrault's version it is made of transparent glass, in the one by the Brothers Grimm it always change, depending on the different and beautiful dresses worn by the girl.

I am tickled that the designer is Italian and chose to draw inspiration from the German and French Cinderellas. No murderous Cenerentola for her! But I am thrilled that she has also created designs for other fairy tales. If you have always wanted to stitch Snow White and Rose Red, here's your chance! She has that pattern, too.




She has a few other surprises in her shop, too, but I think I will save those for later. Unless you want to spoil the surprise and visit her shop yourself.

Program with Fairy Tale Highlights for ICFA 37 in March 2016

A reminder that ICFA 37, the Thirty-Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts will take place in just a few weeks March 16-20, 2016 in Orlando, FL. The theme for this year is "Wonder Tales." I will be attending the entire conference and will sit on one panel, #95 Wonder Tales in Conversation on Friday of the conference.

The full program for ICFA 37 for the conference has been posted and can be found at http://www.fantastic-arts.org/annual-...

I am going to share some of the panels that are especially relevant to SurLaLune readers. It's a long list, but much shorter than the full program of 150+ sessions:

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Opening Panel: Wonder Tales Ballroom
Moderator: Gary K. Wolfe
Terri Windling
Holly Black
Cristina Bacchilega

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7. (CYA/FL) The Power of the Female Body in YA Fairy Tale Adaptations Captiva A
Chair: Amanda Firestone
The University of Tampa

“And they lived ever after, whether they were happy about it or not”: Rediscovering Possibilities for Female Agency and Exploring
Trauma in Re-Imagined Young Adult Fairy Tales
Annika Herb
University of Newcastle, Australia

Your Body is a Wonderland: Fantasy and Desire in Francesca Lia Block’s The Rose and the Beast
Mandy Mahaffey
Valencia College

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15. (CYA/FL/SF) Parents Just Don’t Get It: Mother-Daughter Conflict in Fairy Tales Oak
Chair: Rebecca Rowe
Kansas State University

Burdened Beauties: Parental Control in Of Beast and Beauty and A Long Long Sleep
Jill Coste
University of Florida

My Mother, Myself: Mother-Daughter Conflict in “Snow White”
Martha P. Hixon
Middle Tennessee State University

An 11-year-old Anti-Christ Saves the World: The Post-Apocalyptic Hero in Good Omens
Amy L. Kozina
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

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28. (VPAA/FL/H/CYA) Wondrous Transgression in Gothic Fashion, Music, and Subculture Maple
Chair: Renée T. Coulombe
Banshee Media/Improvised Alchemy

Shattered Glass Slippers and Blood-Red Hoods: Fairy Tale Fashion and Gothic Aesthetics in/as Narrative
Brittany Warman
The Ohio State University

“Goth’s Crepuscular Zone between God and the Devil: Symbols, Spaces, Sounds”
Isabella van Elferen
Kingston University London

Acid Adventures in Wonderland: Psychedelia and Goth Music
Claire Rebecca Bannister
Kingston University London

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36. (IF/FL/CYA/FTV) The Wonder of Ambiguity, Conquest, and Retellings Cove
Chair: Andrés García Londoño
University of Pennsylvania

Pleasurable Ignorance in the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Eric Reinders
Emory University

The Wonder of Conquest: “Virgin of Guadalupe” and “La Llorona” as Wonder Tales
Karen Dollinger
University of Pikeville

References to Fairy Tales in The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Dorota Surdy
University of Wrocław

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38. (HL/FL/CYA) This Old Haunted House: Structure and Narrative Oak
Chair: Gina Wisker
University of Brighton

A Field Guide to the Uncanny: The Eerie Interplay of Point of View, Psychic Distance, and Mis En Scene
Jenny Green
Algonquin College

Grim Tales: Fairy Tale Intertexts in Contemporary Crime Fiction
Cassandra Bausman
Trine University

Fairy Tales Old and New: Transforming Source Material in Peter Straub’s Shadowland
Bernadette Bosky
Olympiad Academy

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42. (CYA/FL/FTV/SF) Post-Disney: Going Deeper into the Theoretical Rabbit Hole Captiva A
Chair: C.W. Sullivan III
Hollins University

Ugly Hearts, Ugly Faces?: Depictions of Cinderella’s Stepsisters and Equating Beauty with Goodness
Kate Goddard
Hollins University

Her (2013): The OS, The Human, and Sexuality
Erica Law
The Ohio State University

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44. (IF/FTV/FL/CYA) The Object of My (Re)Interpretation Captiva C
Chair: M. Elizabeth Ginway
University of Florida

French-Canadian Wonder Tales: Film Adaptations of Fred Pellerin’s contes de village, Babine (2008) and Ésimésac (2012)
Amy J. Ransom
Central Michigan University

Under Tales: Probing the Boundary Beneath in International Literature and Media
Sharon Diane King
UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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49. (VPAA/FL/CYA/FTV) Wonder and Commerce in Global Visual Culture Cove
Chair: Carrie J. Cole
Indiana University of Pennsylvania


‘Alice’ in Japanese Pop Culture: Transformation through Translation
Jun Ichikawa
Nippon Sport Science University

Where Is the Pointy Hat and the Magic Broom? What Might Witches Look Like in Japanese Video Games?
Sylvain Payen
Tag Lab Concordia

It's All about the Shoe: Conspicuous Consumption as a Cinderellaesque Means to a Happy Ending
Pamela Painter DeCius
Saint Leo University

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54. (CYA/FL/H/IF/SF/VPAA) Visual Creations of Wonder in Fairy Tales & Children’s Fiction Captiva A
Chair: Martha Hixon
Middle Tennessee State University

Age(s) of Wonder(s)
Andrew Seeger
Miskatonic University

“How many goodly creatures are there here?”: The Faces of Wonder in Nineteenth-Century Children’s Book Illustration
Eugene Giddens
Anglia Ruskin University

The Wondrous and the Mundane: Everyday Foods in Fairy Tales
Rose Williamson
University of Chichester

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62. (IF/FL) Nineteenth-Century Women Writing Wonder: Subverting Tradition Pine
Chair: Adrion Dula
Wayne State University

Post-Revolution Revisions of “Cinderella” by Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis and Félicité de Choiseul-Meuse
Anne E. Duggan
Wayne State University

Real-izing the Fantastic: A Move toward Realism in British Women’s Fairy-Tale Adaptations and Ambiguity in Elizabeth
Gaskell’s “Curious, If True”
Shandi Lynne Wagner
University of St. Thomas

More Original than the Original: Ownership and Metanarratives in German Women’s Fairy Tales
Julie Koehler
Wayne State University

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67. (CYA/FL/VPAA/FTV/H) From Appalachia to Arabia: Wonder, Power, & Horror in Regional Fairy Tales & Fantasy Captiva A
Chair: Rodney Fierce
Independent Scholar

Regional Adaptations of Wonder Tales: Strong Women in Appalachia
Tina L. Hanlon
Ferrum College

The Wonders of Home: Horror, Black Children, and the Southern Fantastic
Lynette James
Independent Scholar

Storyteller or Sultan?: Power in Recent YA “Arabian Nights" Adaptations
Jen McConnel
Hollins University

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68. (CYA/FL) Understanding Villains and Monsters: Trauma, the Posthuman, Monstrous Bodies, and Why It’s Not Easy Being Bad Captiva B
Chair: Kacey Doran
Hollins University

Villainous Ever After: The Role of Trauma in Reimagining Fairytale Villains
Jenn Coletta
Hollins University

What Makes a Villain? The Case of the Big “Bad” Wolf
Jeannie Coutant
Simmons College

The Darkness of the Human Heart: The Post-Human Tradition in Fantastic Literature for Children
Susan M. Strayer
The Ohio State University

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76. (CYA/FL) What’s Wrong With Being a Girl?: Gender Identity and Patriarchal Conflict in Fairy Tale Adaptations Dogwood
Chair: Katy Day
University of Cambridge

The Antithesis of Cricket: Gender, Cross-Dressing, and Non-Normative Bodies in the Works of Evelyn Sharp
Amanda Hollander
UCLA

The Mirror Crack’d: Mirror Symbolism in Pop Culture Retellings of Snow White
Shannon Branfield
Utah State University

“A Proper Princess Would Die!”: Generational and Gendered Conflict in Modern Wonder Tales
Sabrina Montenigro
Simmons College

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83. (IF/FL/VPAA) Wonder Tales Aslant: Rereading, Redrawing, Rewriting Pine
Chair: Anne E. Duggan
Wayne State University

Snow White and the Trickster: Race and Genre in Helen Oyeyemi's Boy, Snow, Bird
Kimberly J. Lau
University of California, Santa Cruz

Dis-Orienting Wonder: Tahar Ben Jelloun’s Mes contes de Perrault (My Perrault’s Fairy Tales)
Lewis C. Seifert
Brown University

The Heroine’s New Clothes, or Laying Personality Bare in Translation
Christine A. Jones
University of Utah

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85. (CYA/FL) Illustrating the Fantastic: Wizards, Wonder, and the Narrative Power of the Visual Dogwood
Chair: Mandy Mahaffey
Valencia College

The Wonder of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Jessica Stanley
George Mason University

‘You will see some wonders that will outwonder all the wonders that wonderful people have ever wondered’: Reading
Wonder in Arthur Rackham’s Illustrations for Children
Zoe Jaques
University of Cambridge

The Carnival of Oz: A Bakhtinian Reading of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz – and two adaptations!
Daniela Escobar M
Simmons College

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91. (CYA/FL) Blurred Lines: Defining the Genres of Fantasy and Fairy Tales Vista D
Chair: Rodney Fierce
Independent Scholar

Redefining Middle Grade Fantasy: The Doldrums and Inescapist Literature
Elizabeth Thrall
Northwestern University

When Is a Fairytale Not a Fairytale?: Retelling Cinderella as Fantasy in Ella Enchanted
Katy Day
University of Cambridge

Fantasy or Fairy Tale?: Pam Munoz Ryan’s Echo on the Taxonomist’s Couch
Marek Oziewicz & Ali Zimmerman
University of Minnesota

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92. (VPAA/FTV/CYA/FL) Multi-Medial and Multi-Sensory Wonder Cove
Chair: Whitney Borup
The University of Utah

Organized Sound, Unbounded Space: Edgard Varèse, Poème Électronique, and the Wondrous Promise of Midcentury Soundscapes
Nicholas C. Laudadio
UNC Wilmington

Wonder Tales in Three Dimensions: Theme Park Story Experiences
Carissa Baker
University of Central Florida

Monetizing Transmedial Wonder: Participatory Storyworlds as a Subject/Object of Artistic Labor within the Corporate Calculation
of Profit-to-Creativity Ratios at Disney v. Universal Parks
Ida Yoshinaga
University of Hawai'i-Manoa

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95. (CYA/FL) Wonder Tales in Conversation Dogwood
Moderator: Christy Williams
Terri Windling
Cristina Bacchilega
Anne Duggan
Heidi Anne Heiner

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109. (CYA/FL/H) The Wonder in Teaching: Children Literature as Educational Tools Maple
Chair: Megan MacAlystre
Clemson University

Rudyard Kipling’s Stories of How Human Beings Learned to Write
Marie Nelson
University of Florida Professor Emerita

Scary Stories For Children: A Course Rationale
Jaquelin Elliott
University of Florida

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111. (CYA/FL/VPAA/FTV) Magic on Stage & Screen: Theatrical Adaptations of Fairy Tales Captiva A
Chair: Crystal A. Smith
Valencia College, East Campus

The Not-So-Light-Princess: Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson’s Reimagining of George MacDonald’s Classic Fairy Tales
John Pennington
St. Norbert College

“But Mother, I’m a Man Now”: Adapting Childhood in the Musical and Film Versions of Into the Woods
Rebecca Rowe
Kansas State University

Rereading Beauty and the Beast: Social and Narrative Construction of Wonder through Performance
Nicole T. Cunha
Simmons College

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117. (HL/FL/VPAA) Folkloric Monsters Old and New Cove
Chair: John Glover
Virginia Commonwealth University

Sasquatch 101: The Monsters, The Tricksters, the Horror
Richard McKee
State College of Florida

All the Better to Eat You With: The Werewolf and Wolf-Shifter in Romance and Erotic Fiction
Alexandria Leonzini
Freie Universität Berlin/Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Slender Man and the Culture of Horror
Timothy H. Evans
Western Kentucky University

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128. (CYA/FL/VPAA) Panel: Once Upon a Pedagogue: Teaching with Fairy Tales Vista D
Moderator: Jessica Stanley
Leisa Clark
Amanda Firestone
Jeana Jorgensen
Linda J. Lee

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132. (CYA/FL/FTV) Fear the Beasts and Children: The Power of Monstrous Bodies in YA Fantasy Dogwood
Chair: Amanda Hollander
UCLA

Wonder-ful Monsters: Adaptation and Transformation in the Young Adult Supernatural Romance
Meghanne Flynn
University of Cambridge

Feminist Fangs: Disabled Femininity in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Series
Crystal A. Smith
Valencia College, East Campus

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134. (CYA/FL) Happily Ever After?: Gender Politics & Fairy Tale Endings in Cinderella Magnolia
Chair: Rodney Fierce
Independent Scholar

The Anti-Utopia of Ever After
Cole Atcheson
Simmons College

“I’m sure it will wear off by midnight”: Prince Cinders and a Queer Invitation to the Revisionists’ Ball
Jennifer Orme
Independent Scholar

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