Rather than hidden worlds of magic or mythical creatures hidden away from humanity, all that wonder (and horror) is still right here, a part of the world, and you might stumble upon the path to the lands of the dead as readily as you might take the turn right out of your neighborhood instead of left.
The Brothers Grimm: A Biography Review
Bringhurst and Zolbrod approach the discussion thoughtfully, and I’ve written in conversation with their thoughts on the matter; Schmiesing clearly has opinions on the matter, but they don’t come across in the text as fully formed, and she engages with the matter shallowly, passing slantwise judgements on the Grimms’ editorial decisions and their intersection with contemporary and modern mores, without engaging in a deeper analysis.
Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
WB Yeats, a famous Irish poet and playwright in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, undertook to collect the folktales of his homeland.
Thistlefoot Review
Surprisingly, I put a book that is not only recent, but that received popular and critical acclaim on my reading list. More surprisingly, I got around to reading it before too many years passed. Most surprisingly, I think it managed to live up to its hype.
IGC Publishing 