Ebook: From the Forest: a Search for the Hidden Roots of Our Fairytales

1 MARCH: Airyolland Wood; Thumbling; 2 APRIL: Saltridge Wood; The White Snake; 3 MAY The New Forest; Rumpelstiltskin; 4 JUNE Epping Forest; Hansel and Gretel; 5 JULY Great North Wood; Little Goosegirl; 6 AUGUST Staverton Thicks; The Seven Swans' Sister; 7 SEPTEMBER Forest of Dean; The Seven Dwarves; 8 OCTOBER Ballochbuie and the Forest of Mar; Rapunzel; 9 NOVEMBER Kielder Forest; Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf; 10 DECEMBER The Purgatory Wood; The Four Comrades; 11 JANUARY Glenlee; Dancing Shoes; 12 FEBRUARY Knockman Wood; The Dreams of the Sleeping Beauty.;Fairy tales are one of our earliest cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke similar sensations: At times they are beautiful and magical, at others spooky and sometimes horrifying. Maitland argues that the terrain of these fairy tales are intimately connected to the mysterious secrets and silences, gifts and perils. With each chapter focusing on a different story and a different forest visit, Maitland offers a complex history of forests and how they shape the themes of fairy tales we know best. She offers a unique analysis of famous stories including Rapunzel.