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Fairy Tales in Italy and France

Authors and Illustrators

Marie, de France, active 12th century
Jean d'Arras, active 14th century
Straparola, Giovanni Francesco, ca. 1485-1558
Bargagli, Girolamo, 1537-1586
Basile, Giambattista, 1566-1632
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Galland, Antoine, 1646-1715
Aulnoy, Madame d', ca.1650-1705
Murat, Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, 1670-1716
Caylus, Anne Claude Philippe, comte de, 1692-1765
Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de, 1799-1874
Gautier, Théophile,1811-1872
Doré, (Paul) Gustave, 1832-1883, illustrator
Garnier, Jules, 1847-1889, illustrator
Hughes, Edward Robert, 1851-1914, illustrator
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator
Kay Nielsen, 1886-1957, illustrator
Kochergin, N., 1897-1974, illustrator
Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1900-1931, illustrator
Ségur, Adrienne, 1901-1981, illustrator
Carter, Angela, 1940-1992
Jeffers, Susan 1942-2020, illustrator
Koshkin, Alexander, b. 1952, illustrator
GARRONE, Matteo, b. 1968, filmmaker

Finding Scholarly, Interpretation, Criticism Books

You can find fairy tales and books related to fairy tales at Norlin Library or in digital format. Some books are located at the Norlin Library- Rare Books Collection, others are shelved at the Children's and Young Adult Collection, and some books are shelved in the call numbers:

  • GR 113.5
    • Oral tradition
    • Folklore
    • Tales
    • Fairy tales
  • GR 550
    • Fairy tales and theater - criticism and interpretation
    • Fairy tales and dance theater - criticism and interpretation 
  • LB 1500
    • Fairy tales and poetry
  • PN 3400
    • Fairy tales reference works
  • PN1995.9
    • Fairy tales and film adaptations
    • Fairy tales and  film - criticism and interpretation
  • PR 6053
    • Fairy tales - England - history
  • PQ 1877
    • Fairy tales - France 
    • Biography, memoirs
  • PQ4600
    • Fairy tales in literature
    • collection of stories
    • Fairy tales history and criticism
    • Fairy tales - Italy - history and criticism (Italian language)
  • PQ 637
    • Fairy tales - France - history and criticism (French language)
  • PZ8.
    • Tales

Fairy Tales Through Film, TV, and Other Adaptations