Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• xi • Introduction (Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture) • essay by Jack Zipes
• xxx • A Note on the Texts and the Acknowledgments (Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture) • essay by Jack Zipes
• 1 • Cupid and Psyche (excerpt) • [Cupid and Psyche] • (1951) • short fiction by Apuleius [as by Lucius Apuleius]
• 28 • Of Feminine Subtlety • (1824) • short story by unknown
• 32 • The Pig Prince • (1894) • short story by Giovanni Francesco Straparola (trans. of Galeotto 1551) [as by Giovanni Straparola]
• 39 • The Merchant's Two Sons • (1932) • short story by Giambattista Basile (trans. of Lo mercanto 1634)
• 48 • Ricdin-Ricdon • novelette by
  Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier de Villandon^?Marie-Jeanne L'Heritier de Villandon
  (trans. of Ricdin-Ricdon 1705) [as by
  Marie-Jeanne L'Héritier^?Marie-Jeanne L'Heritier
  ]
• 85 • Riquet with the Tuft • (1989) • short story by Charles Perrault (trans. of Riquet à la Houppe 1697)
• 91 • Green Serpent • (1989) • novelette by Comtesse d'Aulnoy (trans. of Serpentin vert 1698) [as by Marie-Cathérine d'Aulnoy]
• 115 • Parslinette • short story by Charlotte Rose Caumont de la Force (trans. of Persinette 1697)
• 122 • Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Pari-Banou • novelette by Antoine Galland (trans. of Histoire de prince Ahmed et de la fée Pari-Banou 1717)
• 160 • The Queen Fantasque • short story by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (trans. of La Reine fantasque 1758)
• 172 • The White Bull • (1905) • novelette by Voltaire (trans. of Le taureau blanc 1774)
• 199 • Libussa • novella by
  Johann Karl August Musäus^?Johann Karl August Musaeus
  (trans. of Libussa 1782)
• 233 • The Philosophers' Stone • novelette by Christoph Martin Wieland (trans. of Der Stein der Weisen 1786)
• 258 • The Fairy Tale • (1962) • novelette by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (trans. of
  Das Märchen^?Das Maerchen
  1795) [as by Johann Wolfgang Goethe]
• 281 • Eckbert the Blond • novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Der blonde Eckbert 1797)
• 296 • A Wondrous Oriental Tale of a Naked Saint • short story by Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (trans. of
  Ein wunderbares morgenländisches Märchen von einem nackten Heiligen^?Ein wunderbares morgenlaendisches Maerchen von einem nackten Heiligen
  1797)
• 300 • Hyacinth and Roseblossom • short story by Novalis (trans. of
  Hyazinth und Rosenblüthe^?Hyazinth und Rosenbluethe
  1802)
• 304 • The Mines of Falun • (1969) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Die Bergwerke zu Falun 1819)
• 325 • The Lady of Gollerus • short story by Thomas Crofton Croker [as by T. Crofton Croker]
• 330 • Snow White and Rose Red • [
  KHM (Kinder- und Hausmärchen)^?KHM (Kinder- und Hausmaerchen)
  • 161] • (1987) • short story by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (trans. of
  Schneeweißchen und Rosenroth^?Schneeweisschen und Rosenroth
  1837) [as by Wilhelm Grimm]
• 337 • Bluebeard's Ghost • (1843) • short story by William Makepeace Thackeray
• 357 • Feathertop • (1852) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of Feathertop: A Moralized Legend)
• 373 • The Shadow • (1949) • short story by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Skyggen 1847)
• 383 • Spiegel the Cat • (1946) • novelette by Gottfried Keller (trans. of
  Spiegel, das Kätzchen^?Spiegel, das Kaetzchen
  1855)
• 410 • Hinzelmeier: A Thoughtful Story • (1983) • novelette by Theodor Storm (trans. of Hinzelmeier: Eine nachdenkliche Geschichte 1850)
• 429 • The Day Boy and the Night Girl • (1879) • novelette by George MacDonald (variant of The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen)
• 462 • The Griffin and the Minor Canon • (1885) • short story by Frank R. Stockton
• 474 • The Three Clever Kings • (1880) • short story by Mary de Morgan
• 482 • The Fisherman and His Soul • (1891) • novelette by Oscar Wilde
• 509 • Where to Lay the Blame • (1894) • short story by Howard Pyle
• 515 • The Tale of the 672nd Night • (1983) • short story by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (trans. of
  Das Märchen der 672. Nacht^?Das Maerchen der 672. Nacht
  1895)
• 529 • A Chinese Fairy-Tale • (1901) • short story by Laurence Housman
• 536 • The Queen of Quok • (1901) • short story by L. Frank Baum
• 544 • Dreams That Have No Moral • (1902) • short story by W. B. Yeats [as by William Butler Yeats]
• 552 • The Five Boons of Life • (1902) • short story by Mark Twain
• 555 • The Story of Jubal, Who Had No "I" • (1913) • short fiction by August Strindberg (trans. of Jubal utan jeg 1903)
• 561 • How Treason Came to Russia • (1932) • short story by Rainer Maria Rilke (trans. of Wie der Verrat nach Russland kam 1900)
• 564 • The Story of the Fairy Tale • (1907) • short story by Carl Ewald
• 566 • The Seven Wives of Bluebeard • (1920) • novelette by Anatole France (trans. of Les sept femmes de la Barbe-Bleue 1909)
• 583 • The Vegetational Fatherhood • short story by Mynona (trans. of Die vegetabilische Vaterschaft 1913)
• 588 • The Kith of the Elf-Folk • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 600 • The Forest Dweller • short story by Hermann Hesse (trans. of Der Waldmensch 1919)
• 606 • Cinderella Continued, or the Rat and the Six Lizards • (1984) • short story by Guillaume Apollinaire (trans. of La suite de Cendrillon, ou Le rat et les six lézards 1919)
• 609 • The Three Wishes • short story by Kurt Schwitters (trans. of
  Die drei Wünsche^?Die drei Wuensche
  1925)
• 613 • The Seventh Dwarf • short story by Franz Hessel (trans. of Der siebte Zwerg 1926)
• 615 • The Fairy Tale About Technology • short story by
  Alfred Döblin^?Alfred Doeblin
  (trans. of
  Das Märchen von der Technik^?Das Maerchen von der Technik
  1935)
• 619 • The Girl and the Wolf • short story by James Thurber (variant of The Little Girl and the Wolf 1939)
• 620 • The Fairy Tale of the King • short story by Georg Kaiser (trans. of
  Das Märchen des Königs^?Das Maerchen des Koenigs
  1943)
• 622 • The Fairy Tale About Common Sense • short story by
  Erich Kästner^?Erich Kaestner
  (trans. of
  Das Märchen von der Vernunft^?Das Maerchen von der Vernunft
  1948)
• 625 • The Smile of the Sphinx • short story by Ingeborg Bachmann (trans. of
  Das Lächeln der Sphinx^?Das Laecheln der Sphinx
  1949)
• 628 • The Tale of the Singing Branch, the Bird of Truth, and the Water of Youth • (1953) • short story by Henri Pourrat (trans. of Conte de la branche qui chante, de l'oiseau de vérité, et de l'eau qui fait devenir jeune 1948)
• 635 • The King of the Elves • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 652 • The Enchanted Palace • (1962) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of Il palazzo incantato 1956)
• 658 • Five Men and a Swan • (1957) • short story by Naomi Mitchison
• 672 • Bluebeard's Daughter • (1935) • novelette by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• 686 • The Crow • short story by Christoph Meckel (trans. of
  Die Krähe^?Die Kraehe
  1975)
• 692 • Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal • [Bajki robotów (Robots' Fables)] • (1974) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Z dzieła cyfrotikon, czyli o dewijacyach, superfiksacyach a waryacyach serdecznych: o Królewiczu Ferrycym i Królewnie Krystali^?Z dziela cyfrotikon, czyli o dewijacyach, superfiksacyach a waryacyach serdecznych: o Krolewiczu Ferrycym i Krolewnie Krystali
  1965) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 701 • Sleeping Beauty • short story by
  Günter Kunert^?Guenter Kunert
  (trans. of
  Dornröschen^?Dornroeschen
  1972)
• 702 • Hans My Hedgehog • short story by Janosch (trans. of Hans mein Igel 1972)
• 704 • The Dead Queen • (1973) • short story by Robert Coover
• 713 • The Lady and the Merman • (1976) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 716 • Rumpelstiltskin • short story by
  Rosemarie Künzler^?Rosemarie Kuenzler
  (trans. of Rumpelstilzchen 1976)
• 718 • Tom Thumb Runs Away: A Christmas Story • (1983) • short story by Michel Tournier (trans. of Le fugue du petit Poucet 1978)
• 729 • The Tiger's Bride • (1979) • short story by Angela Carter
• 745 • The Princess and the Frog • (1981) • short story by Robin McKinley
• 758 • When the Clock Strikes • (1980) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 772 • Pichounetta and the Sergeant of Arles • (1989) • short story by Michael de Larrabeiti