Maria Tatar
Encyclopedia
Maria Tatar is an American academic whose expertise lies in children's literature
, German literature, and folklore. Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Chair of Folklore & Mythology at Harvard University
. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
, German literature, and folklore. Tatar is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Chair of Folklore & Mythology at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Books
- Spellbound: Studies on Mesmerism and Literature Princeton University Press 1978 ISBN 9780691063775
- The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
1987 ISBN 9780691067223 - Off With Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood. Princeton University Press 1993 ISBN 9780691069432
- The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales (W. W. Norton & Company 2002) ISBN 9780393051636
- The Annotated Brothers Grimm (W. W. Norton & Company 2004)ISBN 0393058484
- The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen (W.W. Norton & Company 2008) ISBN 9780393060812
- Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood (April 2009, W. W. Norton & Company) ISBN 9780393066012
- From Bookworms to Enchanted Hunters: Why Children Read (Journal of Aesthetic Education, Summer 2009 vol.43, no.2, p.19-36.) ISSN 0021-8510
- The Annotated Peter Pan, ed., (W. W. Norton & Company 2011) ISBN 9780393066005