tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post2378516266317357559..comments2024-01-08T17:53:50.573-06:00Comments on Joy Preble: book talkJoy Preblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-26007998781735928382008-05-06T20:23:00.000-05:002008-05-06T20:23:00.000-05:00I think I could get lost in that website! Thanks f...I think I could get lost in that website! Thanks for the tip. <BR/><BR/>~BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-46605517108654868902008-05-06T18:31:00.000-05:002008-05-06T18:31:00.000-05:00Check out the SurLaLune fairy tale site. It's one ...Check out the SurLaLune fairy tale site. It's one of the places she went for research and a place I hung out when I was researching Russian folklore for SPARK. Lots of good stuff on the Rumplestiltskin-esque tales. She also deals with some of this in a page or two at the end of the book where she discusses her influences and central questions.Joy Preblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532958575068320212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466265205543193229.post-77527314752342142712008-05-06T09:01:00.000-05:002008-05-06T09:01:00.000-05:00Sounds like something to put on the must-read list...Sounds like something to put on the must-read list. The title alone gives me goosebumps. <BR/><BR/>And what's up with the traditional Rumplestiltskin story, anyway? Or any of the fairy tales where the girl marries the prince/king who abuses her and just lives happily ever after like it is a perfectly normal thing to be locked in a room and forced on pain of death to complete an impossible task.<BR/><BR/>~BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com