Comments on: Fairy Tales; Their Origin and Meaning by John Thackray Bunce http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/ One person's attempt to defeat writer's block Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rob http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9135 Rob Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:21:35 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9135 That's a great way to look at it - a world with no map or guidebooks. A place where you have to find your own way, instead of following the route of someone before you. That’s a great way to look at it – a world with no map or guidebooks. A place where you have to find your own way, instead of following the route of someone before you.

]]> By: strugglingwriter http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9134 strugglingwriter Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:13:28 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9134 writinggb - Thank you for that comment. Not too heavy at all. I will have to try to find that article. writinggb – Thank you for that comment. Not too heavy at all. I will have to try to find that article.

]]> By: writinggb http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9132 writinggb Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:09:07 +0000 http://strugglingwriter.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/fairy-tales-their-origin-and-meaning-by-john-thackray-bunce/#comment-9132 A worthy goal! Have you ever read about how the Victorians shaped fairy tale? I reviewed an essay last year for a Dickens Studies journal on the topic and found it quite intriguing. The essay (written by Molly Clark Hillard) contended that the Victorians sanitized the various versions of "fairies" such as the terrifying fairies of folk tales, hobgoblins, and laboring house sprites. The Victorians associated fairies with a vanishing rural past and since they were nostalgic about what they were losing during the Industrial Revolution, they coopted fairies into their attempts to idealize the past. I know. Pretty heavy comment to post on someone's blog! I was just thinking, though, about escapism and fairies and fantasy worlds, and it seemed relevant. In today's world, I think we are still nostalgic for what we imagine we've lost (whether it really ever existed or not is open to debate). I find it interesting that you are writing a fairy tale. It seems somehow fitting. Good luck. A worthy goal!

Have you ever read about how the Victorians shaped fairy tale? I reviewed an essay last year for a Dickens Studies journal on the topic and found it quite intriguing. The essay (written by Molly Clark Hillard) contended that the Victorians sanitized the various versions of “fairies” such as the terrifying fairies of folk tales, hobgoblins, and laboring house sprites. The Victorians associated fairies with a vanishing rural past and since they were nostalgic about what they were losing during the Industrial Revolution, they coopted fairies into their attempts to idealize the past.

I know. Pretty heavy comment to post on someone’s blog!

I was just thinking, though, about escapism and fairies and fantasy worlds, and it seemed relevant. In today’s world, I think we are still nostalgic for what we imagine we’ve lost (whether it really ever existed or not is open to debate). I find it interesting that you are writing a fairy tale. It seems somehow fitting.

Good luck.

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