Maria Tatar has spent her career tracing evolution of folk, fairy tales, explaining why they still matter

Liz Mineo at The Harvard Gazette:

After completing her undergraduate studies at Denison University and the University of Munich, she earned her doctorate from Princeton University and joined the Harvard faculty in 1971. Today, she is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Folklore and Mythology, Emerita, and continues her work as a Senior Fellow in Harvard’s Society of Fellows.

In this edited conversation, Tatar spoke with the Gazette about her life, career, and the appeal of fairy tales — stories that continue to shapeshift, captivating both children and adults with their “mix of beauty and horror.”

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