Bibliographies
Sometimes finding a bibliography can be as simple as looking at a helpful source you may have already looked at, like on the Sur La Lune website. There, if you click on “Annotated Tales” at the top of the page, a helpful literature guide, you can scroll to the bottom to see four Great Britain-specific tales. Each of these has its own bibliography of recommended sources that can lead you to find some great sources of information related to British fairy tales (and not just that one specific tale).
Start at this link for the annotated tales: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/talesindex.html
Then, choose any of the tales there at the bottom under the Joseph Jacobs section (Great Britain). Once you click on it, you’ll be directed to the site for that specific tale. There, to the left, there should be some options starting with “Annotated Tale.” Click on “Bibliography” to get a fairly lengthy list of sources for you to start searching.
Start at this link for the annotated tales: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/talesindex.html
Then, choose any of the tales there at the bottom under the Joseph Jacobs section (Great Britain). Once you click on it, you’ll be directed to the site for that specific tale. There, to the left, there should be some options starting with “Annotated Tale.” Click on “Bibliography” to get a fairly lengthy list of sources for you to start searching.
You can also check out sources like this:
Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk Literature. Charlottesville, VA: InteLex Corp, 2004. Electronic Access.
You can view this source online at: http://infokat.uky.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1749323
Simply follow the link in the record where it says “Internet Access.”
This six volume index is a classification of motifs in folk narratives and is a great resource linking terms to sources so that you can make further connections in your research. It lists terms in alphabetical order by mythological motif, animal, and tabu, and connects terms to where you can find them in other works, which is incredibly useful. It is available online and is easy to navigate, making it a source that you do not have to go far to use if you have a computer.
Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk Literature. Charlottesville, VA: InteLex Corp, 2004. Electronic Access.
You can view this source online at: http://infokat.uky.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1749323
Simply follow the link in the record where it says “Internet Access.”
This six volume index is a classification of motifs in folk narratives and is a great resource linking terms to sources so that you can make further connections in your research. It lists terms in alphabetical order by mythological motif, animal, and tabu, and connects terms to where you can find them in other works, which is incredibly useful. It is available online and is easy to navigate, making it a source that you do not have to go far to use if you have a computer.
Or, if you were simply looking for a bibliography of British fairy tales, you could use this:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/English_Fairy_Tales
This is an electronic version of the revised third edition of English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs from 1890, including illustrations. It is a great source to see a listing of the fairy tales considered British from the title page right on the main page. Then, if you want to read the stories online, you simply need to click the story title to be taken to the story’s webpage.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/English_Fairy_Tales
This is an electronic version of the revised third edition of English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs from 1890, including illustrations. It is a great source to see a listing of the fairy tales considered British from the title page right on the main page. Then, if you want to read the stories online, you simply need to click the story title to be taken to the story’s webpage.