TransformationsFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anne Sexton, this collection of poem-stories is a strange, wondrous retelling of Grimms' fairy tales. Including "Snow White," "Rumpelstilskin," "Rapunzel," "The Twelve Dancing Princesses," "The Frog Prince," and "Red Riding Hood," these are as wholly personal as Sexton's most intimate poetry. Her raw honesty and wit in the face of psychological pain have touched thousands of readers. |
Contents
THE GOLD KEY | 1 |
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS | 3 |
THE WHITE SNAKE | 11 |
RUMPELSTILTSKIN | 17 |
THE LITTLE PEASANT | 25 |
GODFATHER DEATH | 31 |
RAPUNZEL | 35 |
IRON HANS | 43 |
ONEEYE TWOEYES THREEEYES | 59 |
THE WONDERFUL MUSICIAN | 67 |
RED RIDING HOOD | 73 |
THE MAIDEN WITHOUT HANDS | 81 |
THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES | 87 |
THE FROG PRINCE | 93 |
HANSEL AND GRETEL | 101 |
BRIAR ROSE SLEEPING BEAUTY | 107 |
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