(Recommended Reading & Reference List – Updated July 24th, 2015)

Main contributors: Jo Henwood, Jack Zipes, Sue Clancy, Gypsy Thornton, Louisa John-Krol

Fairy Tale Study & Essays, Academic Text References, Discussions, General Reference

Recommended:

♦ de Vos, Gail and Anna E. Altmann. New Tales for Old : Folktales As Literary Fictions for Young Adults. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. Ch 6 pp 205-232 ♦ Getty, Laura J., “Maidens and Guardians: Interpreting the "" Tale” Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 30, No. 2, June 1997 ♦ John-Krol, Louisa http://victorianfairytalering.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/fairy- post-3-conference-review.html ♦ Lauer, Bernhard ed. Rapunzel: Traditionen eines euopäischen Märchenstoffes in Dichtung und Kunst. Kassel (1993) [Recommended by Jack Zipes for a comprehensive study of “Rapunzel”] ♦ Sur la Lune Rapunzel http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/rapunzel/ ♦ Tatar, Maria M. The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Ch 7 pp 105-114 ♦ Tolovaj Publishing House http://tolovajwordsmith.hubpages.com/hub/the- rapunzel ♦ Wikipedia overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapunzel ♦ Windling, Terri “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair “ http://www.endicott- studio.com/articleslist/rapunzel-rapunzel-let-down-your-hair-by-terri- windling.html

1 Further Reading & Study:

♦ ABCs Scary Fairy Stories – Rapunzel podcast: http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2014/03/20/3968071.htm ♦ Ashliman, Guide to the Folktales in the English Language Rapunzel: a comparison of the versions of 1812 and 1857 by D. L. Ashliman [Aarne-Thompson-Uther (and Ashliman) Type 310 “Maiden in the Tower”. ♦ Bettelheim, Bruno. The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. New York: Vintage Books, 1975. ♦ Cashdan, Sheldon. The Witch Must Die. New York: Basic, 1999. pp 156-160 ♦ Gibson, Sarah The (Australian) Re-enchantment project also talks about Rapunzel (on the DVD) ♦ Gould, Joan Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman’s Life 2006 Random House ♦ Lauer, Bernhard, ed. Rapunzel: Traditionen eines euopäischen Märchenstoffes in Dichtung und Kunst. Kassel (1993). ♦ Re-enchantment project (Australian) also talks about Rapunzel (on the DVD) ♦ Sawyer, Sarah http://www.sarahsawyer.com/2011/02/origins-of-rapunzel-part- one-of-four/ ♦ Tropes: Rapunzel http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Rapunzel http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/Rapunzel ♦ Warner, Marina CH 21 “The language of hair” pp 353-369 in From the Beast to the Blonde, 1994 Vintage ♦ Warner, Marina “After Rapunzel” Marvels and Tales 2010 24.2 (2010). http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?context=marvels&article=1 007 ♦ Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the . New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. “The Power of Love” pp 474-491.

FORE RUNNERS OF RAPUNZEL

♦ Basile, Giambattista "Petrosinella" Il Pentamerone, day 2, tale 1. Il Pentamerone was first published in five installments between 1634 and 1636. ♦ Büsching, Johann Gustav "Das Mährchen von der Padde," in Volks-Sagen, Mährchen und Legenden (Leipzig: Carl Heinrich Reclam, 1812), no. 60, pp. 286-95. ♦ d’Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine “The White Cat” http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/aulnoy/1892/whitecat.html ♦ de la Force, Charlotte-Rose (ca. 1646-1724"Persinette" Link to "Persinette," as retold by Terri Windling. ♦ Ferdowsi “Zal and Rudabeh” in Shahnemah ("The Book of Kings") http://classics.mit.edu/Ferdowsi/kings.4.zalrudabeh.html ♦ Kiz Kulesi tower legend (Turkey) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden%27s_Tower ♦ Saint Barbara http://www.folkstory.com/articles/stbabs.html ♦ Schultz, Friedrich (1762-98) in Kleine Romane, v. 5 (Leipzig, 1790), pp. 269-88. The Grimms' immediate source.

2 VARIANTS OF RAPUNZEL ATU TYPE 310 – The Maiden in the Tower:

♦ Ashliman, DL Guide to the Folktales in the English Language Rapunzel: a comparison of the versions of 1812 and 1857 by D. L. Ashliman ♦ Busk, Rachel "Filagranata" (1874) ♦ Crane, Thomas Frederick “Italian Popular Tales” (2003) This collection has a number of tales that relate to hair, tresses used as ladders. ♦ Gonzenbach, Laura "Beautiful Angiola" (1868) ♦ Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm "Rapunzel" (1812) ♦ Grimm, , Jacob and Wilhelm "Rapunzel" (1857) ♦ Heiner, Heidi Anne Rapunzel and Other Maiden in the Tower Tales From Around the World: Fairy Tales, Myths, Legends and Other Tales About Maidens in Towers (Surlalune Fairy Tale) ♦ Imbriani, Vittorio "La Prezzemolina" (1871) ♦ Lang, Andrew "Prunella" (1890) ♦ Pitrè, Giuseppe "The Old Woman of the Garden" (1875) ♦ Sébillot, Paul "Parsilette" (1891) ♦ Tentelina and the Wolves, “....a brilliant Macedonian-Australian story of ATU 310 ('Rapunzel') + ATU 313 ('The Magic Flight'). The Australian version was recorded by Australian folklorist Gwenda Davey from Mrs Anna and Rita Vasileva in Melbourne in 1976. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34996661?selectedversion=NBD9219280 (call numbers: 679993; Oral TRC 2632/8-9). Also 101 Macedonian Folk Tales by Danica Cvetanovska and Maja Miškovska (Bigoss, Skopje, 2003 p 191ff. http://books.google.com.au/books/about/101_Macedonian_Folk_Tales.html?id=HSzaA AAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y ) ♦ Webster, Wentworth "The Fairy-Queen Godmother" (1877) ♦ Zipes, Jack, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. “The Power of Love” pp 474-491. ♦ Zipes, Jack, ed. The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm to Andrew Lang (Hackett, 2013), “The Power of Love” ATU 310 – The Maiden in the Tower pp 50-83 v Other Folktales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther Type 310 http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0310.html

MODERN RETELLINGS (Not comprehensive. Emphasis on Australian authors or rec. retellings)

♦ Calvino, Italo “The Garden Witch” (1980) This is an interesting mix of Rapunzel and ♦ Carter, Angela “Parsley Girl” (2005) ♦ Donoghue, Emma “Tale of the Hair” (pp 83-102 in Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins) ♦ Forsyth, Kate (Australian author) Bitter Greens ♦ Forsyth, Kate (Australian author) The Wildkin’s Curse ♦ Dokey, Cameron Golden: A Retelling of Rapunzel (YA)

3 ♦ Garner, James Finn 'Rapunzel' in “Politically Correct Bedtime Stories” ♦ Geras, Adele The Tower Room (YA) ♦ Geras, Adele (poetry online only) White Tower http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/kates-blog/a-rapunzel-poem-by-adele-geras ♦ Grey, Nicholas Stuart The Stone Cage (Children) ♦ Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale Rapunzel’s Revenge (YA) ♦ Kloester, Jennifer (Australian author) The Rapunzel Dilemma (YA) ♦ Maitland, Sara “From the Forest” (essays)Rapunzel (short story pp 217-223) ♦ Masson, Sophie (Australian author) The Crystal Heart (YA) ♦ Meyer, Marissa (YA sci-fi series ) ♦ Napoli, Donna Jo Zel ♦ Price, Fiona (Australian author) Let Down Your Hair ♦ Sexton, Anne (poetry 1971, 2001) Rapunzel ♦ Stanley, Diane (retold/illustrated by) Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel ♦ Turgeon, Carolyn The Fairest of Them All ♦ Wood, Danielle (Australian author) “lettuce” pp 15-69 in Mothers Grimm ♦ See also Melisande by E. Nesbit, an amusing pastiche inspired by Rapunzel. http://www.d.umn.edu/~csigler/PDF%20files/Nesbit_Melisande.pdf

AUSTRALIAN STORYTELLING, FOLKLORE, LEGENDS

♦ Tentelina and the Wolves, “....a brilliant Macedonian-Australian story of ATU 310 ('Rapunzel') + ATU 313 ('The Magic Flight'). The Australian version was recorded by Australian folklorist Gwenda Davey from Mrs Anna and Rita Vasileva in Melbourne in 1976. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34996661?selectedversion=NBD9219280 (call numbers: 679993; Oral TRC 2632/8-9). Also 101 Macedonian Folk Tales by Danica Cvetanovska and Maja Miškovska (Bigoss, Skopje, 2003 p 191ff. http://books.google.com.au/books/about/101_Macedonian_Folk_Tales.html?id=HSzaA AAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y )

AUSTRALIAN POETRY

♦ Australian Poetry Library – archive list for Rapunzel (with text links) http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/search?q=rapunzel ♦ Cottier, P. S. “Rapunzel’s Lesson” http://pscottier.com/2012/10/01/tuesday-poem- rapunzels-hair-and-trans-tasman-co-operation/ ♦ Drapht (Aussie rapper), song “Rapunzel” http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/drapht/rapunzel.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJnvFBZ7pc ♦ Forsyth, Kate “In the Tower” http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/kates-blog/a-rapunzel- poem-by-kate-forsyth ♦ Forsyth, Kate Rapunzel http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/kates-blog/a-rapunzel-poem- by-kate-forsyth ♦ Hewitt, Dorothy Rapunzel in Suburbia Poem “Grave Fairytale” http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hewett-dorothy/grave-fairytale-0379051

4 AUSTRALIAN CONNECTIONS

♦ Kate Forsyth's personal story about how she became fascinated by Rapunzel http://www.kateforsyth.com.au/kates- blog/bitter_greens_the_story_behind_my_fascination_with_rapunzel ♦ Sister Liguori “The Nun in the Nightgown” http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/partridge-bridget-7968 ♦ Mary Bryant’s escape with husband https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bryant ♦ Gymea lily (a tough red head up a tower) http://www.anbg.gov.au/aborig.s.e.aust/doryanthes-excelsa.html ♦ “Gang-gang: Once Was Rapunzel” March 11, 2015 http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/ganggang-once-was- rapunzel-20150311-140on1.html

VISUAL & FINE ARTS

♦ Alice Anderson art installation with hair: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/alice-anderson- tressed-for-success-2262379.html http://www.riflemaker.org/s-alice-anderson ♦ Deann Cumner (Australian artist) - Rapunzel http://www.deanncumner.com/view.html?item=194 ♦ Bill Gekas (Australian fine art portrait photographer) Daughter as Rapunzel http://billgekas.blogspot.com/2011/12/rapunzel.html ♦ Images/art variety collection; Rapunzel representations curated by Once Upon A Blog https://www.pinterest.com/OnceUponABlog/rapunzel/

PERFORMING ARTS

♦ Drapht (Aussie rapper), song “Rapunzel” http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/drapht/rapunzel.html , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJnvFBZ7pc ♦ The Magic Hour Australian indigenous theater (1 woman show) uses Rapunzel's captor as one of the characters: http://fairytalenewsblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/theater- magic-hour-contemporary-grimm.html ♦ Carol Ann Duffy & BalletLORENT's Rapunzel is fascinating, particularly with regard to the form of storytelling employed: http://fairytalenewsblog.blogspot.com/2013/10/carol-ann-duffy-balletlorent- create.html

POP CULTURE, GEEK, VIRAL

♦ Graphic novel series: Bill Willingham's Fables: Fairest #8-13; published as Volume 2: The Hidden Kingdom. http://fairytalenewsblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/grownup-gritty- rapunzel-heads-to-japan.html ♦ Dina Goldstein's fallen princess project - Rapunzel without hair in chemo: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/08/07/disney-princesses-reality- snow-white_n_3718194.html

5 NEWS & MEDIA

♦ Fascinating article about experiment in Vietnam War with Native Americans proving their long hair made them above average trackers (so they became exempt from army shave): http://www.sott.net/article/234783-The-Truth-About-Hair-and-Why-Indians-Would- Keep-Their-Hair-Long ♦ Chief Minister Rapunzel (Sonia Barfoed) plays uniquely Aussie Rapunzel in an adapted play then cuts off hair to donate to cancer research. http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/chief-minister-rapunzel- 20150211-13bdkv.html

SCIENCE & NATURE

♦ Rapunzel hybrid tomato plant (created in Australia??) http://www.tomatogrowers.com/RAPUNZEL-HYBRID/productinfo/6545/ ♦ Rapunzel number helps scientists quantify ponytails (seriously!) http://www.nbcnews.com/id/46348731/ns/technology_and_science- science/#.VZshRu1VhBc ♦ The Science of Fairy Tales - all about Rapunzel's hair (strength needed etc etc): https://mossavi.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/the-science-of-fairy-tales-rapunzel/ ♦ The Rapunzel Project - hair saving strategies for chemo patients: http://www.rapunzelproject.org/OurStory.aspx ♦ Kate Forsyth on (medical condition regarding hair): http://www.randomhouse.com.au/blog/rapunzel-syndromes-1483.aspx

ADDITIONAL/MISC

♦ Cartoon/comic/fan fiction - Something funny with even more hair: Rapunzel with cats: http://www.buzzfeed.com/catvshuman/rapunzel#.vuQBLaLx ♦ The popular (if scientifically shaky) story motif of bedsheets being knotted together and used to climb down to escape is common and also Rapunzel related (there's a reference in the book The Battle for Australia by John Ifield) ♦ Tolkien, JRR - parallel with Rapunzel: "...the Silmarillion presents a reconstruction of the story of Rapunzel, in which Luthien, trapped in a “wooden house” at the top of “the greatest of all the trees,” causes “her hair to grow to a great length,” and “of the strands… twine[s] a rope” and “climb[s] from her prison” (Silmarillion 203). " - http://tolkienmedievalandmodern.blogspot.com/2014/04/on-fragments-soup-and- rapunzel.html

Note: Jack Zipes kindly sent text from the second chapter of his book “The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales: From the Brothers Grimm to Andrew Lang” Ch 2. The Power of Love ATU 310- The Maiden in the Tower (pp 51-83, Hackett 2013), which is not included for reasons of length and to encourage readers to track down their own copy. [Tales text included are listed in the section on variants.]

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