Fairy Tales

ARTHUR RACKHAM 1909 1 750 BROTHERS GRIMMS FAIRY TALES

ARTHUR RACKHAM 1909 1 750 BROTHERS GRIMMS FAIRY TALES

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1 100 WHROBINSON HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES

1 100 WHROBINSON HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN FAIRY TALES

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Debate on Harry Potter: Travis Prinzi vs. Richard Dawkins

OK, so that’s not really happening.  But my book, Harry Potter & Imagination: The Way Between Two Worlds, opens with a chapter on the importance of mythological and fairy-tale thinking as opposed to what G.K. Chesterton called “scientific fatalism.”  Richard Dawkins has decided to write the opposite book, positing the possibility that fairy tales are potentially [...]

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Richard Dawkins Hates Harry Potter (And Everything Else, Including Small Children)

Richard Dawkins, noted zoologist and atheist, is the subject of an article published today in the Telegraph entitled Harry Potter fails to cast spell over Professor Richard Dawkins. The article states:
The prominent atheist is stepping down from his post at Oxford University to write a book aimed at youngsters in which [...]

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Del Toro on Fantasy and Religion

by Travis
From a USA Today article on Del Toro:
“I’m interested in monsters because, much like archangels and angels, they represent a portion of the human soul.”
“In adult movies, R-rated movies, monsters can signify many different things,” says del Toro. “But in the (PG-13) Hellboy mythology, they symbolize our imperfections and how we can embrace them. [...]

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Hog’s Head PubCast #57: Beedle the Bard

Tales of Beedle the Bard; why fairy tales matter; Half-Blood Prince trailer; site business
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Pre-order The Tales of Beedle the Bard
G.K. Chesterton: “The Ethics of Elfland”  (Chesterton at The Hog’s Head Bookstore)
Half-Blood [...]

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Hog’s Head PubCast #49: Why we’re still talking about Harry

Why are we still talking about Harry? I ramble on.
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