Beautiful Illustrations from 200 Years of Grimm Fairy Tales
In his timeless meditation on fantasy and the psychology of fairy tales , J.R.R. Tolkien asserted that there is no such thing as writing for children. The sentiment has since been echoed by generations of beloved storytellers: Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time, E.B. White told The Paris Review . You have to write up, not down. Neil Gaiman argued that protecting children from the dark does them a grave disservice . I dont write for children, Maurice Sendak told Stephen Colbert in his final interview. I write and somebody says, Thats for children!
Perhaps more than anything else, this respect for childrens inherent intelligence and their ability to sit with difficult emotions is what makes the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm so enduringly enchanting. In their original conception, they broke with convention in other ways as well rather than moralistic or didactic, they were beautifully blunt and unaffected, celebratory of poetrys ennobling effect on the spirit. The brothers wrote in the preface to the first edition in 1812 that the storytelling between the covers was intended to give pleasure to anyone who could take pleasure in it.
Their beloved stories have pleasured the popular imagination for two centuries and have inspired generations of artists to continually reinterpret and reimagine them. Gathered here after similar collections of the worlds most beautiful illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and The Hobbit are the finest and most culturally notable such Grimm reimaginings of which Im aware.
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Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin
Rumpelstiltskin
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Great illustrations, the fairy tales we all enjoyed as children in pictures.
Enjoy
I thought Little Red Riding Hood didn't see the wolf until it was in her grandmother's bed.
"My, grandma, what big teeth you have...."
Perhaps a little artistic license was taken ......
the illustrations are great. I love the style.
Nona
Glad you enjoyed them
thanks for the feedback