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from: Story Line Press See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 811.5080375 EAN: 9781586540272 ISBN: 1586540270 Label: Story Line Press Manufacturer: Story Line Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: June 01, 2003 Publisher: Story Line Press Sales Rank: 1203382 Studio: Story Line Press Related Items: The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach Fairy Tales and Feminism: New Approaches (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies) In the Night Kitchen (Caldecott Collection) Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Writers and readers have long been inspired by the haunting wisdom and sheer imaginative power to be found in the fairy tales of the immortal Brothers Grimm. The editors have collected more than a hundred poems inspired by Grimm tales and written by our finest living poets. A brilliant and informative anthology, a teachable text. Jeanne Marie Beaumont first book of poetry, Placebo Effects, was selected by William Matthews for the National Poetry Series in 1997. She teaches at Rutgers University. Claudia Carlson works at Oxford University Press in New York. Her poems have appeared in Heliotrope, Coracle, Space and Time, Fantastic Stories and NYCBigCityLit.comm Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Don't Go Into the Woods Without It THE POETS GRIMM is an essential addition to the collection of anyone who grew up with fairy tales - that is, everyone in America who ever opened a storybook that began "Once upon a time. . ." or watched a Disney movie that opened with a princess tortured by her evil stepmother. Here are the stories from the Grimm brothers collections that terrified and delighted us as children, now revisited with adult distance, wisdom, and humor. Ably edited by Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, THE POETS ... Read More Rating: - Grimms in Verse While this collection might appear gimmicky to some, a quick persusal of the table of contents will show that many respected poets have used fairy tale motifs in their work. Beaumont and Carlson have gathered numerous poems from a wide range of poets that reflect the enduring themes and characters we inherited through the work of the Brothers Grimm. The usual suspects, such as Anne Sexton, are here but so are some lesser known poets. The anthology is strong and represents many well-known fairy tales ... Read More

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