Section 5.1 The Fairy Tale: Mme Leprince de Beaumont

There is a tremendous amount of information on the World Wide Web on and about fairy tales. Some sites merely archive electronic versions of tales; others discuss ways of analysing and approaching them; still others open up beyond fairy tales and into mythological studies. Consider exploring the following links:

• Sources for the Analysis and Interpretation of Fairy Tales surveys the major contemporary approaches literary scholars take with fairy tales.
• Fairy Tales: Origin and Evolution Web site 1 Web site 2 Web site 3 deal with literary fairy tales, their origins, evolutions, including "Beauty and the Beast."
• The Complete Works of the Brothers Grimm is available in electronic version on the World Wide Web. Consult the index of tales here, and browse through their tellings of your favourite tales.
• Folklore and Mythology: Electronic Texts indexes electronic versions of literary fairy tales, mythologies, and even urban legends.
• The Resources in Fantasy Folklore, Fairy Tales and Legends is designed for teachers and librarians, but features a great deal of information relevant for University students studying fairy tales.
• Folklore, Myth and Legend has links to a variety of sources, including links to the fascinating Cinderella and Red Riding Hood Projects.
• French Fairy Tales: Of Pixies, Parodies and Politics is a project run by a University class featuring short student essays.

You can also take this opportunity to research links on "The Beauty and the Beast" tale, and consider its contemporary adaptations.

• Read " Beauty and the Beast."

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