Comments for Breezes from Wonderland http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar Maria Tatar's Forum for Storytelling, Folklore, and Children's Literature Mon, 21 May 2012 15:19:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on We Are All in the Dumps by Kate W http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/05/08/say-it-isnt-so/comment-page-1/#comment-181443 Kate W Mon, 21 May 2012 15:19:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1553#comment-181443 The outpouring of memories and good feelings connected to Sendak's work has been a terrific reminder of what reading, especially childhood reading, does for us. The outpouring of memories and good feelings connected to Sendak’s work has been a terrific reminder of what reading, especially childhood reading, does for us.

]]> Comment on We Are All in the Dumps by Jess http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/05/08/say-it-isnt-so/comment-page-1/#comment-180707 Jess Sat, 12 May 2012 16:10:11 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1553#comment-180707 Wow, I'm an undergraduate now studying children's literature and I wish I could have been in your class that day, what an amazing experience! I love the descriptions in your post above, thanks for sharing your memories. Wow, I’m an undergraduate now studying children’s literature and I wish I could have been in your class that day, what an amazing experience! I love the descriptions in your post above, thanks for sharing your memories.

]]> Comment on We Are All in the Dumps by The Most Wild Thing of All: Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/05/08/say-it-isnt-so/comment-page-1/#comment-180504 The Most Wild Thing of All: Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012 Wed, 09 May 2012 05:09:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1553#comment-180504 [...] Tatar, “In the Dumps.”Breezes from Wonderland, 8 May [...] [...] Tatar, “In the Dumps.”Breezes from Wonderland, 8 May [...]

]]> Comment on We Are All in the Dumps by Rossichka http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/05/08/say-it-isnt-so/comment-page-1/#comment-180470 Rossichka Tue, 08 May 2012 20:00:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1553#comment-180470 A sensitive and wise creator with a pure soul can meet only love and admiration!... Mrs.Tatar, do you happen to know this?... http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/ A sensitive and wise creator with a pure soul can meet only love and admiration!…
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]]> Comment on 60 Years of Charlotte and Wilbur . . . and the Barn by Jerry Griswold http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/04/21/60-years-of-charlotte-and-wilbur-and-the-barn/comment-page-1/#comment-180258 Jerry Griswold Sat, 05 May 2012 19:45:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1538#comment-180258 It looks like a lot of information came from Peter Neumeyer's scholarship in "The Annotated Charlotte's Web" It looks like a lot of information came from Peter Neumeyer’s scholarship in “The Annotated Charlotte’s Web”

]]> Comment on More on Schönwerth’s fairy tales by Steven http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/03/17/more-on-schonwerths-fairy-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-180050 Steven Thu, 03 May 2012 14:34:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1410#comment-180050 Sleeping Beauty print circa 1876, anyway, it's amazing. Who is the author of the illustration? Sleeping Beauty print circa 1876, anyway, it’s amazing. Who is the author of the illustration?

]]> Comment on Making No Sense out of Nonsense by Rachel Bourne http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/04/21/making-no-sense-out-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-178449 Rachel Bourne Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:35:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1530#comment-178449 That's actually quite funny, I hadn't heard about it. If I were to take the question seriously, I'd say a and d. 1. The animals were annoyed because they were foolish and the owl is the wisest because I don't think he was even there. I suppose there are other interpretations as well. Cute...nice topic! I have the traditional version on my site. That’s actually quite funny, I hadn’t heard about it. If I were to take the question seriously, I’d say a and d. 1. The animals were annoyed because they were foolish and the owl is the wisest because I don’t think he was even there. I suppose there are other interpretations as well. Cute…nice topic! I have the traditional version on my site.

]]> Comment on Making No Sense out of Nonsense by Heidi Anne Heiner http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/04/21/making-no-sense-out-of-nonsense/comment-page-1/#comment-175319 Heidi Anne Heiner Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:42:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1530#comment-175319 Tests like these show why I always scored higher in the math portions of standardardized testing--not that I can complain since I was a good test taker and did well overall--but was always flummoxed into thinking I was better at math than reading although I read constantly, all the time. I'd read questions like those and have my own interpretations, sometimes not the "right" ones. Tests like these show why I always scored higher in the math portions of standardardized testing–not that I can complain since I was a good test taker and did well overall–but was always flummoxed into thinking I was better at math than reading although I read constantly, all the time. I’d read questions like those and have my own interpretations, sometimes not the “right” ones.

]]> Comment on More on Schönwerth’s fairy tales by Jim Tonge http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/03/17/more-on-schonwerths-fairy-tales/comment-page-1/#comment-171557 Jim Tonge Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:22:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1410#comment-171557 I am looking forward to reading these in German. I find that tales written by people who had other "day jobs" such as the Brothers Grimm are often more interesting than those who would just write for children. Dodgeson, Lewis and Tolkien were Oxford dons who wrote about fantastic places. A Russian lawyer named Afanasyev also compiled tales. These are known for English speakers more in music than in print. Baba Yaga, The Firebird and Seryy Volk (my web name)are examples. Being able to see tales in colloquial as well as more literary forms is wonderful. Even with Grimm, it is nice to see such things as the teller of the tale Brüderchen und Schwesterchen using pronouns er and sie for the children instead or the supposedly grammatical "es." Thank you for your work. Regards, Jim (SeryyVolk) I am looking forward to reading these in German. I find that tales written by people who had other “day jobs” such as the Brothers Grimm are often more interesting than those who would just write for children. Dodgeson, Lewis and Tolkien were Oxford dons who wrote about fantastic places.

A Russian lawyer named Afanasyev also compiled tales. These are known for English speakers more in music than in print. Baba Yaga, The Firebird and Seryy Volk (my web name)are examples.

Being able to see tales in colloquial as well as more literary forms is wonderful.
Even with Grimm, it is nice to see such things as the teller of the tale Brüderchen und Schwesterchen using pronouns er and sie for the children instead or the supposedly grammatical “es.”

Thank you for your work.

Regards,

Jim (SeryyVolk)

]]> Comment on Treasure Trove? by Whitney http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/2012/03/05/treasure-trove/comment-page-1/#comment-166009 Whitney Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:50:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tatar/?p=1392#comment-166009 This sounds like the story of a boy becoming a man by coming to terms with his own sexuality! This is amazing, as usually it is girls who are only accorded adulthood in conjunction with sexual matters. The boy becomes unable to endure his mother as the female companion in his life. He becomes aware of his bodily lusts (see: grabbing the nail and the cave shakes like a clap of thunder). He leaves home, thinking he’s ready to be a man himself, but is frightened by “a monster”, or his own immaturity and fears. He’s out of the story til he awakes bearded, like the bear he respects and listens to (who obviously represents the manliness he desires to see in himself). Now he is grown up to really begin. Then he goes on a journey, finds his lust again in the blossoming blackthorn, and “pricks” a turnip. Now when he awakes he’s ready to return to the parent figures he left as an active player and exchange them for a family of his own. This time the nail “burns up like fire” with the joining of the prince with his princess as a “bridal pair.” This sounds like the story of a boy becoming a man by coming to terms with his own sexuality! This is amazing, as usually it is girls who are only accorded adulthood in conjunction with sexual matters. The boy becomes unable to endure his mother as the female companion in his life. He becomes aware of his bodily lusts (see: grabbing the nail and the cave shakes like a clap of thunder). He leaves home, thinking he’s ready to be a man himself, but is frightened by “a monster”, or his own immaturity and fears. He’s out of the story til he awakes bearded, like the bear he respects and listens to (who obviously represents the manliness he desires to see in himself). Now he is grown up to really begin. Then he goes on a journey, finds his lust again in the blossoming blackthorn, and “pricks” a turnip. Now when he awakes he’s ready to return to the parent figures he left as an active player and exchange them for a family of his own. This time the nail “burns up like fire” with the joining of the prince with his princess as a “bridal pair.”

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