“Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence.” MadeExistenceOur LivesCenturyAncientFolksMythTalesNarrativeTransformedFabric Book:Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale Source: Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale
“Jack Vance's Lyonesse books are the greatest fairy tale of the twentieth century.” BookCenturyTalesFairyFairy TaleTwentieth Century Author:Jack Vance
“What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries.” WayTwoDifferentDoneWatchesWonderfulCenturyTalesDifferent WaysFascinatingPassagesTranslations Author:Bill Vaughan
“The Warmth of Other Suns is a sweeping and yet deeply personal tale of America's hidden 20th century history - the long and difficult trek of Southern blacks to the northern and western cities. This is an epic for all Americans who want to understand the making of our modern nation.” WantLongAmericaNationsDifficultCitiesSunModernCenturyWesternTalesWarmthSouthernEpic20th CenturySweeping Author:Tom Brokaw
“Dickens is a much misunderstood and mis-approached writer, in that he tends to be read, particularly in the twentieth century, as a social commentator - like the great Victorians, a realist in his way. But he isn't at all like that. His genre is actually more like a fairy tale - weird transformations, long voyages from which people come back altered, parental mysteries, semi-magical twists.” PeopleWayLongSocialMysteryCenturyTransformationTalesGenreFairyFairy TaleTwistsMisunderstoodTwentieth CenturyVoyagesAlteredCommentatorsRealistParentalDickensGenre Is Author:Martin Amis