Tag: Fairy tales

  • Nation & World

    Feminism and fairy tales

    Radcliffe film series spotlights the feminine power in many traditional fables and folk tales.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fantasy, fairy tales, happy endings

    Sixteen teachers were selected to attend the National Endowment for the Humanities seminar course on fairy tales and fantasy literature at Harvard University. Maria Tatar, chair of the program in Folklore and Mythology, led the seminars.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Fairy tales for all

    Professor Maria Tatar offered her insight into the enduring cultural appeal of fairy tales in an installment of the John Harvard Book Celebration series.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Breaking the sonnet barrier

    Poet and fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Anna Maria Hong takes the traditional sonnet form and breaks it wide open in her new volume of poetry.

    5 minutes