The fabulous illustrations of Walter Anderson brought forth this brilliant retelling of twenty tales from world literature, a book first published in 1987 and now back into print at the demand of appreciators of Ellen Douglas's fiction and of Anderson's art. Here for a wide range of readers Douglas recounts fairy tales, classical stories, myths, and adventure stories that inspired Anderson to create these enchanting pictures. Douglas's special gift for storytelling weaves an alluring spell that is intensified by twenty ...
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The fabulous illustrations of Walter Anderson brought forth this brilliant retelling of twenty tales from world literature, a book first published in 1987 and now back into print at the demand of appreciators of Ellen Douglas's fiction and of Anderson's art. Here for a wide range of readers Douglas recounts fairy tales, classical stories, myths, and adventure stories that inspired Anderson to create these enchanting pictures. Douglas's special gift for storytelling weaves an alluring spell that is intensified by twenty-four of Anderson's most spectacular works. These are reproduced in full color and are adapted from his linoleum block prints of tremendous size (18 in. x 6 ft.) and hand colored by his niece Adele Anderson Lawton. This indeed is a document of art's power to excite the imagination. What is the elusive quality in narrative that draws out the illustrator's response? And the quality in illustration that compels the teller of stories to elucidate? Just as great tales piqued Anderson to create these fantastical pictures, his illustrations motivated Douglas to take them back to their source, the word. From the Brothers Grimm, Ovid, Malory, Burton, Perrault, and other great storytellers she has retold her refreshingly appealing versions of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, The Magic Carpet, The Fisherman and the Genie, Sinbad and the Roc, Rapunzel, The Six Swans, Thumbelina, The Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, The White Cat, Puss in Boots, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Bremen Town Musicians, Jack the Giant Killer, The Birth and Coronation of Arthur, Cupid and Psyche, Androcles and the Lion, Europa and the Bull, and The Golden Apples of the Hesperides. In recounting them anew she gives them fresh insights while retaining their eternal charm. Ellen Douglas is the award-winning author of five novels and a collection of stories. Among her books are Black Cloud, White Cloud, Apostles of Light (University Press of Mississippi), and Can't Quit You, Baby. Walter Anderson (1903-1965) was the reclusive Mississippi Gulf Coast artist whose legacy of art has been celebrated in many exhibitions and in films and books.
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Hardcover. NO EXPEDITED OR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING FOR THIS ITEM because of size/weight. NOT Ex-library. Very good condition. Minor shelfwear to dust jacket. Cover is clean with light fading on edges from sun exposure. Clean pages and tight binding. Until further notice, USPS Priority Mail only reliable option for Hawaii. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. BB-34.
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HARDCOVER Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Oversized.
Add this copy of Magic Carpet and Other Tales to cart. $20.00, good condition, Sold by Northshire Bookstore rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Manchester Center, VT, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by University Press of Mississippi.
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Illustrated by Walter Anderson. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0878053271. First printing. Foxing on edges, brief gift inscription and previous owner's initials on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (foxing on verso) dust jacket.
Add this copy of The Magic Carpet and Other Tales to cart. $52.65, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by University Press of Mississipp.
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