(And some days it takes more Stones than others...) Where Mythical Bestiary meets Contemporary Culture and Chews On Its Leg Until Covered with Slobber.
[Rapunzel] "begins with two intense cravings: that of a pregnant woman for a plant that grows in a garden next door, and that of a witch for a girl child..."
-- essay by Alison Lurie on the archetypes running around in the fairy tale at The New York Review of Books
1 comment:
Good review. Also the theme of an adoptive parent not wanting the child to grow up and/or leave them. Hmm! Have several cases of that here....
Smile, Dee Ann
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