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A review by holmesstorybooks
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture by Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, August Strindberg, Jack D. Zipes, Philip K. Dick, E.T.A. Hoffmann, W.B. Yeats, Jacob Grimm, Oscar Wilde, Theodor Storm, Rainer Maria Rilke, Michael de Larrabeiti, Mark Twain, Robert Coover, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Hans Christian Andersen, Voltaire, Robin McKinley, Charles Perrault, William Hawthorne, Tanith Lee, James Thurber, Hermann Hesse, Stanisław Lem, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Anatole France, Wilhelm Grimm, Italo Calvino
3.0
I borrowed this from the library a little while ago, and I liked it.
These are some old, old Fairy Tales redone by Angela Carter. I think I was spoilt because I read The Bloody Chamber before I read this, so my expectations were pretty high. Although that being said, these fairy tales are some classic, solid fairy tales and there's nothing wrong with them at all.
I do think that Carter's interpretation of them is probably my favourite, the language is pretty accessible and she manages to weave in some of her own tone and style. I do like a good fairy tale every now and again, and I did find these readable, but some of the stories stuck with me more than others.
The writing is subtle, solid and enjoyable but I know these fairy tales almost too well, dare I say? Anyway, regardless, Angela Carter remains to be one of the authors I really, really like and I look forward to reading more of her work soon. c:
These are some old, old Fairy Tales redone by Angela Carter. I think I was spoilt because I read The Bloody Chamber before I read this, so my expectations were pretty high. Although that being said, these fairy tales are some classic, solid fairy tales and there's nothing wrong with them at all.
I do think that Carter's interpretation of them is probably my favourite, the language is pretty accessible and she manages to weave in some of her own tone and style. I do like a good fairy tale every now and again, and I did find these readable, but some of the stories stuck with me more than others.
The writing is subtle, solid and enjoyable but I know these fairy tales almost too well, dare I say? Anyway, regardless, Angela Carter remains to be one of the authors I really, really like and I look forward to reading more of her work soon. c: