Transformations
Douban
Anne Sexton
overview
These poem-stories are a strange retelling of seventeen Grimms fairy tales, including "Snow White," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood." Astonishingly, they are as wholly personal as Anne Sexton's most intimate poems. "Her metaphoric strength has never been greater -- really funny, among other things, a dark, dark laughter" (C.K. Williams).
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CONTENTS
Foreword (by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr)
The Gold Key
Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
The White Snake
Rumpelstil Tskin
The Little Peasant
Godfather Death
Rapunzel
Iron Hans
Cinderella
One-Eye, Two-Eyes, Three-Eyes
The Wonderful Musician
Red Riding Hood
The Maiden Without Hands
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Frog Prince
Hansel and Gretel
Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)