Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Spells of Enchantment brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, arranged to provide a sense of the history and evolution of this ancient genre. Focusing on the work of the most gifted writers of the great Western literary movements from classical times to the present. Jack Zipes's collection shows how some of literature's most creative minds have tried their hand at mixing the magic ingredients of the fairy tale--and how the genre has been marvelously transformed according to each writer's particular genius. Including more than sixty tales by such master practitioners of the art as Perrault, Voltaire, Goethe, Hoffmann, Hawthorne, Wilde, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Calvino, Philip K. Dick, Robert Coover, and Angela Carter, this authoritative, original, and unique volume is sure to bewitch readers of all ages. The Smile of the Sphinx • (1991) • short story by Ingeborg Bachmann (trans. of Das Lächeln der Sphinx? 1949) When the Clock Strikes • (1980) • short story by Tanith Lee The Fisherman and His Soul • (1891) • novelette by Oscar Wilde Cinderella Continued, or the Rat and the Six Lizards • (1984) • short story by Guillaume Apollinaire (trans. of La suite de Cendrillon, ou Le rat et les six lézards 1919) Cupid and Psyche (excerpt) • [Cupid and Psyche] • (1951) • short fiction by Apuleius [as by Lucius Apuleius] The Merchant's Two Sons • (1932) • short story by Giambattista Basile (trans. of Lo mercanto 1634) xi • Introduction (Spells of The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture) • (1991) • essay by Jack Zipes xxx • A Note on the Texts and the Acknowledgments (Spells of The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture) • (1991) • essay by Jack Zipes xxxiv •  Cupid and Psyche (The Golden Asse) • (1923) • interior artwork by Jean de Bosschère 28 • Of Feminine Subtlety • (1824) • short story by unknown 32 • The Pig Prince • (1894) • short story by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Galeotto 1551) [as by Giovanni Straparola] 37 •  Night the The First Fable (The Nights of Straparola) • (1894) • interior artwork by Edward Robert Hughes [as by E. R. Hughes] 45 •  The Merchant (The Pentameron) • (1952) • interior artwork by Michael Ayrton 48 • Ricdin-Ricdon • (1991) • novelette by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon (trans. of Ricdin-Ricdon 1705) [as by Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier] 85 • Riquet with the Tuft • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Riquet à la Houppe 1697) 88 •  Riquet à la Hoppe (Les Contes des Fees) • (1890) • interior artwork by unknown 91 • Green Serpent • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Serpentin vert 1698) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy] 96 •  Green Serpent (D'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales) • (1923) • interior artwork by Gordon Browne 115 • Parslinette • (1991) • short story by Charlotte Rose Caumont de la Force (trans. of Persinette 1697) 122 • Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Pari-Banou • (1991) • novelette by Antoine Galland (trans. of Histoire de prince Ahmed et de la fée Pari-Banou 1717) 157 •  Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Pari-Banou • (unknown) • interior artwork by unknown 160 • The Queen Fantasque • (1991) • short story by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (trans. of La Reine fantasque 1758) 172 • The White Bull • (1905) • novelette by Voltaire (trans. of Le taureau blanc 1774) 174 •  The White Bull (Zadig and Other Romances) • (1926) • interior artwork by Henry Keen 199 • Libussa • (1991) • novella by Johann Karl August Musäus (trans. of Libussa 1782) 200 •  Libussa (Volksmärchen der Deutschen)? • (1842) • interior artwork by Ludwig Richter 233 • The Philosophers' Stone • (1991) • novelette by Christoph Martin Wieland (trans. of Der Stein der Weisen 1786) 258 • The Fairy Tale • (1962) • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of Das Märchen? 1795) [as by Johann Wolfgang Goethe] 281 • Eckbert the Blond • (1991) • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der blonde Eckbert 1797) 293 •  Der Blonde Eckbert (Märchen und Erzählungen)? • (1968) • interior artwork by Frank Ruddigkeit 296 • A Wondrous Oriental Tale of a Naked Saint • (1991) • short story by Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (trans. of Ein wunderbares morgenländisches Märchen von einem nackten Heiligen? 1797) 300 • Hyacinth and Roseblossom • (1991) • short story by Novalis (trans. of Hyazinth und Rosenblüthe? 1802) 304 • The Mines of Falun • (1969) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Bergwerke zu Falun 1819) 312 •  The Mines of Falun (The Tales of Hoffmann) • (1943) • interior artwork by Hugo Steiner-Prag 325 • The Lady of Gollerus • (1991) • short story by Thomas Crofton Croker [as by T. Crofton Croker] 326 •  The Lady of Gollerus (Great Fairy Tales of Ireland) • (1973) • interior artwork by Richard Hook (British) 330 • Snow White and Rose Red • [KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)? • 161] • (1987) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of Schneeweißchen und Rosenroth? 1837) [as by Wilhelm Grimm] 333 •  Sn...