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Transformations Paperback - 2001

by Anne Sexton; Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut

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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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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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From the publisher

The poems collected in this astonishing volume are reenactments, parodies, what Anne Sexton described as transformations, of seventeen Grimm fairy tales. Includes a Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr and Drawings by Barbara Swan.

Featuring:

  • "Snow White"
  • "Rumpelstiltskin"
  • "Rapunzel"
  • "The Twelve Dancing Princesses"
  • "The Frog Prince"
  • "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

"I asked a poet friend one time what it was that poets did, and he thought awhile and then he told me, 'They extend the language.' Anne Sexton does a deeper favor for me: she domesticates my terror, examines it and describes it, teaches it some tricks which will amuse me, then lets it gallop into my forest once more." -- from the foreword by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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The speaker in this case is a middle-aged witch, me - tangled on my two great arms, my face in a book and my mouth wide, ready to tell you a story or two.

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  • Title Transformations
  • Author Anne Sexton; Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition None
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press, New York, NY
  • Publication date 2001-02-15
  • ISBN 9780618083435 / 061808343X
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.19 x 5.44 x 0.33 in (20.80 x 13.82 x 0.84 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Cultural Region: Germany
    • Holiday: Valentine's Day
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Category Poetry
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

Media reviews

"A funny, mad, witty, frightening, charming, haunting book."

The New York Times

"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

"A vivid, astonishing, blood-curdling book." -- Stanley Kunitz

"God love her." --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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