Books Received

The Castle of Truth and Other Revolutionary Tales. By Hermynia Zur Mühlen. Edited and translated by Jack Zipes. Princeton University Press, 2020.

This collection of original fairy tales by Hermynia Zur Mühlen is part of the Princeton University Press's Oddly Modern Fairy Tales series. Originally published in German during the 1920s, Zur Mühlen's fairy tales reflect the author's socialist orientation. In addition to translating these tales into English, Jack Zipes provides a scholarly introduction in which he covers Zur Mühlen's life and writing career.

The Ever After Life of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales. By Martha Ann Bruggeman. BookBaby, 2020.

In this historical study, Martha Ann Bruggeman explores the evolving nature of the fairy tales that Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm originally collected and published in 1812 and 1815. She examines a myriad of translations, retellings, and adaptations of Grimms' fairy tales, and she shows how changes in the audience for these fairy tales has resulted in changes to the tales themselves.

Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays. Edited by Michele Brittany and Nicholas Diak. McFarland, 2020.

This collection of essays on horror literature does not focus on literature for children or young adults, but several of the essays touch on topics that relate to children's literature. The essay that deals most directly with children's literature is Emily Anctil's "Not a Bedtime Story: Investigating Textual Interactions Between the Horror Genre and Children's Picture Books."

Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature. By Jonathan Cott. University of Minnesota Press, 2020.

Originally published in 1981, this reissue of Jonathan Cott's Pipers at the Gates of Dawn includes a new foreword by Maria Popova. The book features lengthy interviews with Dr. Seuss, William Steig, Astrid Lindgren, Chinua Achebe, P. L. Travers, and Iona and Peter Opie.