Alicia Pollard introduces the show and answers the “why” questions behind this podcast:
Why discuss fairy tale retellings?
Why use Scripture as a lens or light for retelling fairy tales?
Why is Alicia creating this podcast?
Includes some reflections on feminist, Marxist, Freudian, and psychological/Jungian interpretations of fairy tales; artistic strategies for retelling fairy tales; the beauty and power of the Bible; and some of Alicia’s personal reading journey with folklore.
Resources
Angelina Stanford, House of Human Letters, "How to Read Fairy Tales" (asynchronous video course): https://houseofhumaneletters.com/product/how-to-read-fairy-tales/
Junius Johnson Academics, literary and theological studies (synchronous video courses): https://academics.juniusjohnson.com/
G.K. Chesterton’s chapter “The Ethics of Elfland” in his book Orthodoxy
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Introduction to the second edition of their collection
C.S. Lewis’s essay, “Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said”
Max Luthi’s book, The European Folktale
George MacDonald’s essays on the imagination from his book, A Dish of Orts
J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay, “On Fairy Stories”: where Tolkien used the term “Tree of Tales”
Maria Tatar's The Annotated Brothers Grimm, introduction by A.S. Byatt
Music
Intro and Outro are from “Tales from the Past” by Adam Saban
Segment transitions are from “Tales of the Bard” by Cody Martin
