TransformationsThese poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, including "Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood." Astonishingly, they are as wholly personal as Anne Sexton's most intimate poems. "Her metaphoric strength has never been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter" (C.K. Williams). |
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Umsögn notanda - veevoxvoom - LibraryThingIn this collection of poetry, Anne Sexton retells seventeen Grimm fairy tales. I adore fairy tale revisions. I gobble it up as fast as I can. I especially love revisions that are darker and more ... Read full review
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Umsögn notanda - extrajoker - LibraryThingpoems: The Gold Key / Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs / The White Snake / Rumpelstiltskin / The Little Peasant / Godfather Death / Rapunzel / Iron Hans / Cinderella / One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes ... Read full review
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THE GOLD KEY | 1 |
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS | 3 |
THE WHITE SNAKE | 11 |
RUMPELSTILTSKIN | 17 |
THE LITTLE PEASANT | 25 |
GODFATHER DEATH | 31 |
RAPUNZEL | 35 |
IRON HANS | 43 |
ONEEYE TWOEYES THREEEYES | 59 |
THE WONDERFUL MUSICIAN | 67 |
RED RIDING HOOD | 73 |
THE MAIDEN WITHOUT HANDS | 81 |
THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES | 87 |
THE FROG PRINCE | 93 |
HANSEL AND GRETEL | 101 |
BRIAR ROSE SLEEPING BEAUTY | 107 |
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Anne Sexton apple ball beauty Beware bigger bird bread Briar Rose Brothers Grimm castle child Cinderella clam chowder cried Daddy daughter dish doll door dropped electric shoes eyes fairy fastened fiddle-me-roo to bring finger fish forest FOREWORD BY KURT frog FROG PRINCE gallow birds gave girl glass Godfather death grandmother hair HANSEL AND GRETEL heard heart Iron kind king kissed Kurt Vonnegut lapping look Mama married miller miller's wife moon Mother Gothel mother-me-do neck never night oh mother.eye once ONE-EYE Painbringer pick playing his fiddle-me-roo prince promised queen Rapunzel Red Riding Hood remember RUMPELSTILTSKIN shut sisters sleep slipper Snow White soldier spin stepmother story thirteenth but chosen thought THREE-EYES tongue took tree turned TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES Two-Eyes sang wants wearing white snake wild wine and cake witch wizard wolf woman woods young dear
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| Titill | Transformations Mariner books |
| Höfundur | Anne Sexton |
| Útgefandi | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001 |
| ISBN | 061808343X, 9780618083435 |
| Length | 111 síður |
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