Curses! The Transformative Power of Fairy Tales
Location
Massey Board Room
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
26-10-2006 7:00 PM
Description
Dr. Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Her most recent publications include The Annotated Brothers Grimm, the Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales, and The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Dr. Tatar's talk for Belmont's Humanities Symposium explores how fairy tales work their magic by arousing curiosity through a combination of beauty and horror.
Recommended Citation
Tatar, Maria, "Curses! The Transformative Power of Fairy Tales" (2006). Humanities Symposium. 10.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2006/2006/10
Curses! The Transformative Power of Fairy Tales
Massey Board Room
Dr. Maria Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. Her most recent publications include The Annotated Brothers Grimm, the Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales, and The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Dr. Tatar's talk for Belmont's Humanities Symposium explores how fairy tales work their magic by arousing curiosity through a combination of beauty and horror.
