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Tending for Life: Vigen Guroian on Grammar, Fairytales, and The Heart of Virtue

Ep. 13
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On today's episode, Brandon visits with Vigen Guroian to discuss his recent address on Grammar and Fairytales in a world rejecting meaning. They also discuss Vigen's book Tending the Heart of Virtue and its soon-to-be-released expanded new edition.


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Vigen's recommendations:


  • Michael Patrick Hearn, The Victorian Fairy Tale Book
  • Iona and Peter Opie, The Classic Fairy Tales
  • Jack Zipes, The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
  • Erik Christian Haugaard, Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories
  • Tina Nunnally, Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
  • Maria Tatar, The Classic Fairy Tatar: A Norton Critical Edition
  • An Illustrated Treasury of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Daniel A DrescherThe following list of illustrated versions I have found to be largely faithful to the original fairy tale.
  • John Ruskin, illustrator, Krystyna Turska “The King of the Golden River,” (Greenwillow Books)
  • Paul O Zelinksy, trans and illustrations, Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin (Dutton Children’s Books)
  • Charles Santore, illustrator, Snow White (Sterling New York/London)
  • Jacob Grimm, The Frog Prince (North-South Books)
  • Jacob Grimm, illustrator Susan Jeffers, (Dial Books for Young Readers or Puffin Pied Piper in paperback)
  • Hans Christian Andersen, illustrator, Georges Lemoine The Steadfast Tin Soldier (Creative Editions)
  • Hans Christian Andersen, illustrator, John Howie, The Fisherman and his Wife (Creative Editions)
  • Hans Christian Andersen, trans Eva Le Gallienne, The Nightingale (Harper and Row, Pub., 1965)
  • George MacDonald, The Light Princess (Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, Pub.)

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