On Mythic Fiction & Art
Essays on writers & writing:
- Hans Christian Andersen: Father of the Modern Fairy Tale
- J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan
- Sir Francis Child and the Child Ballads: Part I
- Sir Francis Child and the Child Ballads: Part II
- Jane Yolen: The Everyday-ness of Writing
- Charles de Lint: A Life of Stories
- Following the White Deer: On Myth & Writing
Essays on stories, books, & reading:
- Transformations: A Fairy Tale Memoir
- The Stories We Need
- On Loss and Transfiguration
- In Praise of Re-Reading
- Stones in My Pocket: On Grief, Change, and Myths of Death & Rebirth
Essays on art & artists:
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon: The Art of Kay Nielsen
- Fantasy and the Pre-Raphaelites
- The Realm of Faerie: Brian & Wendy Froud
- Middle Earth & Moor: Alan Lee
- Painting as Soul Work: Marja Lee Kruÿt
- Mythic Landscapes: Virginia Lee
- Telling Stories: Iain McCaig
- The Path of Breadcrumbs & Stones: Jeanie Tomanek
- Fateful Women: Jacqueline Morreau
- Golden Apples of the Sun: Kinuko Y. Craft (forthcoming)
- Silver Apples of the Moon: Charles Vess (forthcoming)
- The Art of the Book: Thomas Canty (forthcoming)
Selected Myth & Moor posts on writers, artists, & others:
- Henwives, Spinsters, & Lolly Willows by Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)
- Anais Nin (1903-1977) & Henry Miller (1891-1980) on Writing
- Elizabeth Goudge in Devon (1900-1984): Part I and Part II
- Time Travelling on the Devon Coast: Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
- Carolyn Heibrun and the Narrative of Marriage
- Where the Wild Things Are: Sylvia Lindsteadt & Charles Vess
- Queen of the Sky: One Hawk's Story by Jackie Morris
- Inspiring Women: Phoebe Traquair (1852-1936) & Jane Yolen
- Inspiring Women: Barbara Bodichon, Pe-Raphaelite Rebel (1827-1891)
- Inspiring Women: Gwen John (1876-1939)
- Inspiring Women: Jessie M. King (1875-1949)
- Inspiring Women: Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
- Symbol, Allegory & Dream: The Art of Florence Susan Harrison (1878-1955)
- Fairy Tales Then & Now, with art by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927)
- Threads and Stories, with art by Helen Stratton (1867-1961)
- The Hunger for Narrative, with art by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)
- A Trail of Stories, with art by Charles Folkard (1878-1963)
- Fairy Tales & Youngest Sons, with art by Milo Winter (1888-1956)
- Fairy Tales & Youngest Sons, with art by Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
- Moon Stories, with art by Remedios Varo (1908-1963)
- Mary Moments: The Art of Mary Newcomb (1922-2008)
- The Language of Imagination: The Art of Meinrad Craighead
- Paying Attention: The Art of Holly Roberts
- That's the Way to Do It: Dame Judy & Mister Punch
Also, see the Recommended Art category of posts for a wide
variety of magical artworks, old and new.
The paintings above are "Beauty and the Beast" by Charles Robinson (1870-1937), "The White Deer" by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900-1931), and a detail from an illustration for "Thumbelina" by Charles Robinson's brother: William Heath Robinson (1872-1944). The drawings on the right are by H.J. Ford (1860-1941) and Florence Susan Harrison (1878-1955).
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