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Born in Strasbourg in 1832, Gustave Doré was a prodigious talent as a child, engraving his own lithographic stones by the time he was twelve. In the first three years he worked in a publishing house, he created an astonishing … Continue reading →

The illustrator that I learned about was Gustave Dore. He was born in 1832 and he was naturally very talented. He completed projects for many famous authors including Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and Charles Perrault. His artwork consisted on Gothic … Continue reading →

I had worked on George Cruikshank with Emma. We found that he was a well known satirist that focused on sociopolitical topics such as slavery and temperance. He had a caricaturist style and used etching and woodcuts to create his … Continue reading →

Can you identify the fairy tale references in this poem by Anne Caston: Prelude  by Anne Caston Every tree is one tree. That tree grows in every forest, that forest always dark and deep, always lying precisely at the edge … Continue reading →

Use this image to create a fairy tale to share with others…  we will do this in class

If you were to craft your own folk/fairy tale, who would you make as your main character and why?

We all recall the fairy tales that entranced us when we were young… and maybe still do.  Before they were called “fairy tales,” they were folk tales.  Where do fairy tales come from?  What makes a story a “fairy tale?” … Continue reading →

I found this excellent Prezi on philosophy and Fairy tales.  Kudos go out to Belinda Tamrakar.