Maria Tatar
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Maria Tatar | |
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| File:Maria Tatar.jpg Maria Tatar in 2018 | |
| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) Pressath, Germany[1] |
| Citizenship | US (naturalized 1956)[1] |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupations | Academic, writer |
| Known for | Books on mythology and folklore |
| Spouse |
Stephen A. Schuker (div. 1989) |
| Children | Lauren Schuker (daughter) Daniel Schuker (son)[3] |
Maria Magdalene Tatar (born May 13, 1945)[1] is an American academic whose expertise lies in children's literature, German literature, and folklore.[4][5] She is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and Chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University.[5][6]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Maria Tatar was born in Pressath, Germany.[1] Her family emigrated from Hungary to the United States in the 1950s when she was a child.[7]
She grew up in Highland Park, Illinois and graduated from Highland Park High School in 1963.[3]
Tatar earned an undergraduate degree from Denison University and a doctoral degree from Princeton University.[3][8] In 1971, after finishing her doctorate at Princeton University, Tatar joined the faculty of Harvard University. She received tenure in 1978.[3] She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Selected works
[edit | edit source]- Spellbound: Studies on Mesmerism and Literature (Princeton University Press, 1978) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales (Princeton, 1987) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Off With Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood (Princeton, 1993) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales (W. W. Norton & Company, 2002) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Annotated Brothers Grimm (W.W. Norton, 2004) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen (W.W. Norton, 2008) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood (W.W. Norton, April 2009)[9] Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- "From Bookworms to Enchanted Hunters: Why Children Read" (Journal of Aesthetic Education, Summer 2009, vol.43, no.2, p. 19–36) ISSN 0021-8510
- The Annotated Peter Pan, ed., (W.W. Norton, 2011) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Annotated African American Folktales, ed. with Henry Louis Gates Jr., (Liveright-W.W. Norton, 2017), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Fairest of Them All: Snow White and 21 Tales of Mothers and Daughters, (Harvard University Press, 2020) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- The Heroine with 1001 Faces (Liveright, 2021), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d "Notice de personne: Tatar, Maria (1945–....)". Catalogue. National Library of France (bnf.fr). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ^ "Spellbound: Fairy tale expert Maria Tatar '67 on how some of the world's oldest stories help us navigate modern life" Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine. Denison Magazine. Denison University. Spring 2014.
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- ^ Amy Sutherland (October 27, 2012). "Maria Tatar: Professor and fairy-tale expert". The Boston Globe.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Maria Tatar at Harvard University
- Breezes from Wonderland – Tatar's blog on storytelling, folklore, and children's literature
- Tatar discusses Enchanted Hunters ( Video on YouTube, 2008)
- "Tatar Discusses Development of Fairy Tales", The Harvard Crimson (April 8, 2012)
- Maria Tatar at Library of Congress, with 20 library catalog records
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