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I often receive e-mails asking me to name the seven dwarfs. The seven dwarfs are only named in the Disney film of the story, not in the traditional tales I provide on this site. However, if you want the name of Disney's seven dwarfs, they are:

Happy
Grumpy
Dopey
Doc
Sneezy
Sleepy
Bashful

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The story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and its themes have appeared in literature and other forms of art. This page provides a small discussion of some of the better known treatments by authors and other artists.Novels produced by romance publishers are not listed on this page, but can be found on Romance Novels: Fairy Tale Romances at Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Literature   Poetry   Music   Film   Theatre


Literature: Novels

Agins, Phyllis Carol. Suisan. New York: Baen, 1992.
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NOVEL: Fantasy.


Poison Apples by Lily Archer

Archer, Lily. The Poison Apples. New York: Feiwel & Friends, 2007.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: "When lightning strikes! From the moment we heard the idea about a club of stepdaughters forming to wreak revenge on their evil stepmothers, we felt all jittery and happy inside. The best stories are those which derive from a great literary tradition, but have an original voice and a narrative twist all their own. Hello, Lily Archer! Although still in a master of arts writing program, she is a born writer. Her wickedly funny novel will capture you from its first page. But be forewarned, it is her heartfelt characters that will ensure this novel's place on bookshelves for decades to come. We all know the stories of Cinderella, Snow White, and Rapunzel. But have you ever heard of Alice Bingley-Beckerman, Reena Paruchuri, or Molly Miller? Of course you haven't. Not yet. But here's something you should know. What these girls have in common with their fairy-tale sisters is this: They are the stepdaughters of three very evil stepmothers. And they're not happy about it. They think they are alone in their unhappiness until they arrive at Putnam Mount McKinsey, a posh boarding school located in lovely, rural Massachusetts. Here is where they will plot their revenge. But first, they have to meet. In her first novel, Lily Archer tells a knowing, unforgettable story about how friendship just may turn out to be more happily-ever-after than family."


Barthelme's Snow White

Barthelme, Donald. Snow White. New York: Scribner, 1965.
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NOVEL: Barthelme's treatment of the tale has become a cult favorite for fairy tale enthusiasts. The publisher has graciously rereleased the title. An inventive, satiric modern retelling of the classic fairy tale provides an incisive and biting commentary on the absurdities and complexities of modern life.


The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects - Book #2  by Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson (Illustrator)

Buckley, Michael. The Sisters Grimm: The Unusual Suspects. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2005.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: "Sabrina and Daphne find out they are descendants of the Brothers Grimm, who were actually detectives of the magical phenomenon perpetrated by the Everafters, a parallel race of magical beings. They soon learn it is the Grimm family's legacy to keep the Everafters in line and the two sisters are the sole heirs to this challenge! In the Sisters Grimm Book Two: The Unusual Suspects , the girls start school with Snow White as their teacher and soon discover a plot pitting mortal children against immortal parents-they must do everything they can to stop it!"

Buckley writes a series of books featuring the Sisters Grimm.


The Mirror's Tale by P. W. Catanese

Catanese, P. W. The Mirror's Tale. New York: Aladdin, 2006.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: "Everyone has heard the story. The dwarves. The talking mirror. The evil witch. But this tale doesn't belong to Snow White anymore. Now, one hundred years later, it's..."

Catanese writes a series of books featuring the further adventures of well-known fairy tale characters.


Black as Night by Regina Doman

Doman, Regina. Black as Night. San Diego, CA: Bethlehem Books, 2004.
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NOVEL: Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold tells the familiar story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves with a twist: it's set in the South Bronx of New York City, and the seven dwarves are seven friars who work among the inner-city poor. (Yes, they have beards.) Blanche Brier, age nineteen, noted for her white skin and black hair, is on the run, and no one, not even her boyfriend Bear, can figure out where she's hiding or why. All Blanche knows is that an unexpected summer friendship has made her a jealous enemy. While Blanche searches for answers and Bear searches for Blanche, the youngest friar, Brother Leon, befriends the lost girl and uncovers a twisted and deadly plot.


Pictures of the Night by Adele GerasPictures of the Night by Adele Geras

Geras, Adele. Pictures of the Night. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992.
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NOVEL: A synopsis from Amazon.com: "In a modern version of the Snow White fairy tale, eighteen-year-old Bella is plagued by a series of mysterious accidents while singing with a small band in London and Paris during her summer break from school, and believes them to be caused by her jealous, malevolent stepmother."The entire trilogy is: The Tower Room (Rapunzel), Watching the Roses (Briar Rose), and Pictures of the Night (Snow White).


Mira, Mirror by Mette Ivie Harrison

Harrison, Mette Ivie. Mira, Mirror. New York: Viking, 2004.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: Two sisters. One a witch and a queen. The other transformed by her sister's touch into a mirror--a mirror with voice and memory and magic, but no power to transform herself back to the girl she once was. And then, mysteriously, the queen disappears and another girl finds the mirror. This girl has troubles of her own, but she is also a means to escape and soon the girl and the mirror are on their way to find the magic that will bring both pain and hope to both of them.


Snow White and the Seven Samurai by Tom Holt

Holt, Tom. Snow White and the Seven Samurai. London: Orbit Book, 1999.
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NOVEL: A synopsis from Amazon.co.uk: It makes perfect sense that Snow White should live with seven samurai, once you've got the hang of Tom Holt's latest twisted fantasy comedy. Youngsters from our real world hack into fairyland's Mirrors operating system--which naturally runs on the wicked queen's magic mirror--and crash it so disastrously that all the stories get tangled. A spaghetti-western Dwarf With No Name (actually he's Dumpy) is hired to save three little pigs from the big bad wolf by recruiting a Magnificent Seven Dwarves' defence team, starting with Rumpelstiltskin and Tom Thumb but goingdownhill from there. Meanwhile, Fang the wolf has problems with Frog Prince transformations, Snow White learns from her own mirror that she has excellent wicked-queen potential and Baron Frankenstein's latest unholy creation proves to be Pinocchio. We also meet three colour-blind mice, the Beast fleeing in terror from Beauty, an elf who insists she's an "Indigenous Fairylander" and the Grimm Brothers--unconvincingly claiming that they're mere independent observers. After which, things become really complicated and silly, as Storyland is further fragmented by various mirror-users' efforts to gain control, until it seems quite reasonable that one little pig should find himself saying, "I am not a number. I am a free pig." Splendidly deranged entertainment, with quips galore. Holt's in good form.


Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey

Lackey, Mercedes. The Serpent's Shadow. New York: DAW Books, 2001.
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NOVEL: From Amazon.com: Mercedes Lackey returns to form in The Serpent's Shadow, the fourth in her sequence of reimagined fairy tales. This story takes place in the London of 1909, and is based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Lackey creates echoes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, pays affectionate homage to Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey (who plays an important role under a thin disguise), and turns the dwarves into seven animal avatars who masquerade as pets of her Eurasian heroine, Maya.


Tanith Lee's White As Snow

Lee, Tanith. White as Snow. New York: Tor Books, 2000.
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NOVEL: From Amazon.com: In an alternate-history medieval Europe, the noble maiden Arpazia, raised in an isolated castle, finds herself the captive of the conquering general-king Draco. The only remnant of her former life is an exotic glass mirror possessed of witchy powers. She feels no connection to Coira, daughter of her forced marriage to the brutal Draco. She becomes the lover of a woodsman, Klytemno, who embodies the divine Hunter King in pagan rituals. Then Klytemno requires her to send her black-haired, snow-pale daughter Coira into the woods as a sacrifice.... (An installment in the Fairy Tale Series edited by Terri Windling.)


Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

Levine, Gail Carson. Fairest. New York: HarperCollins, 2006.
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NOVEL: From publisher: "In the kingdom of Ayortha, who is the fairest of them all? Certainly not Aza. She is thoroughly convinced that she is ugly. What she may lack in looks, though, she makes up for with a kind heart, and with something no one else has–a magical voice. Her vocal talents captivate all who hear them, and in Ontio Castle they attract the attention of a handsome prince – and a dangerous new queen. In this masterful novel filled with humour, adventure, romance, and song, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine invites you to join Aza as she discovers how exquisite she truly is."


Snow by Tracy Lynn

Lynn, Tracy. Snow. New York: Simon Pulse, 2003.
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NOVEL:In a tiny Welsh estate, a duke and duchess lived happily, lacking only a child -- or, more importantly, a son and heir to the estate. Childbirth ultimately proved fatal for the young duchess. After she died, the duke was dismayed to discover that he was not only a widower, but also father to a tiny baby girl. He vowed to begin afresh with a new wife, abandoning his daughter in search of elusive contentment.

Independent -- virtually ignored -- and finding only little animals and a lonely servant boy as her companions, Jessica is pale, lonely and headstrong...and quick to learn that she has an enemy in her stepmother. "Snow," as she comes to be known, flees the estate to London and finds herself embraced by a band of urban outcasts. But her stepmother isn't finished with her, and if Jessica doesn't take control of her destiny, the wicked witch will certainly harness her youth -- and threaten her very life....

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Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Maguire, Gregory. Mirror, Mirror. New York: Regan Books, 2003.
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NOVEL: In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful -- and madly vain -- Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves -- the creators of the magic mirror -- who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own.


Princess School: Who's the Fairest? by Sarah Hines Stephens and Jane Mason

Mason, Jane B. and Sarah Hines Stephens. Princess School: Who's the Fairest?. New York: Scholastic, 2004.
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NOVEL: From the publisher: The Maiden Games are fast approaching. The Princess School will compete against the mean Grimm School witches and Snow White's very own wicked stepmother will be one of the judges. Will Snow's closest friends be enough to get her through this second installment?


The Godmother by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann. The Godmother. New York: Ace, 1994.
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NOVEL: From Amazon.com by the author:

The author, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough , April 14, 1999
Were Fairy Godmothers the Social Services Workers of Old?

"My friends in social services made me think of writing The Godmother. As a Vietnam vet, I began to see that a lot of my fellow vets thought the war was the only place where great battles were fought, but living next door to and downstairs from social services workers and hearing some of their stories convinced me that they are on the front lines of the civilian wars, trying to save children, princesses not living happily ever after, paupers, and other characters right out of fairytales, but without the benefit of magic. So what if one of them could invoke his or her fairytale counterpart, the fairy godmother? What similarities would a godmother find in the situations of modern day people to those problems she waved her wand over once upon a time? It was great fun to play with the fairy tales. I'd like to warn people that this is not, for all its fairytale setting, a children's book and some readers have found the Hansel and Gretel/Bluebeard parable a little too disturbing for their entertainment tastes. Since my research shows that originally fairytales were probably the newstories of their day and no more savory than the ones we read in our papers, I felt that this story needed to be part of Rose and Felicity's experience. But since it DOES have magic, you can expect that everybody gets to live happily ever after."

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Literature: Short Stories

Rotten Relations edited by Denise Little

Bedford, Jacey. "Mirror, Mirror." Rotten Relations. Denise Little, editor. New York: DAW, 2004.
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SHORT STORY


The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block

Block, Francesca Lia. "Snow." The Rose and the Beast. New York: Harper Collins, 2000.
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SHORT STORY


Untold Tales by William J. Brooke

Brooke, William. "A Fate in the Door." Untold Tales. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.
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SHORT STORY


Rubly Slippers, Golden Tears

Burch, Milbre. "The Huntsman's Story."Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1996.
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SHORT STORY


The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Carter, Angela. "The Snow Child ." The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories. Penguin USA, 1993.
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SHORT STORY


Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Coover, Robert. "The Dead Queen." Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture. Jack Zipes, ed. New York: Viking, 1991.
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SHORT STORY


Crone, Joni. "No White and the Seven Big Brothers." Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairy Tales for Feminists. Dublin: Attic Press, 1985.
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Snow White, Blood Red

Dann, Jack. "The Glass Casket." Snow White, Blood Red. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1995.
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Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue

Donoghue, Emma. "The Tale of the Apple." Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins. New York: Harper Collins, 1997.
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SHORT STORY


Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy Collected Grimm Tales by Carol Ann Duffy

Duffy, Carol Ann. "Snow White." Rumpelstiltskin and Other Grimm Tales. London: Faber and Faber, 1999.
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Duffy, Carol Ann. "Snow White."
Collected Grimm Tales. Dramatization by Tim Supple. London: Faber and Faber, 2003.
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Duffy, Carol Ann. "Snow White." More Grimm Tales. Dramatization by Tim Supple. London: Faber and Faber, 1997.
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SHORT STORY


Legally Correct Fairy Tales by David Fisher

Fisher, David. "Re Snow White, Inc.." Legally Correct Fairy Tales. New York: Warner, 1996.
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SHORT STORY


Gaiman, Neil. "Snow, Glass, Apples." The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Volume 8. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995.

SHORT STORY

With the author's permission a copy of this story is available online for reading on The Dreaming site at:
http://www.holycow.com/dreaming/stories/snow.html


Truly Grim Tales by Priscilla Galloway

Galloway, Priscilla. "A Taste for Beauty."Truly Grim Tales. New York: Delacorte, 1995.
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SHORT STORY


Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times by James Finn Garner

Garner, James Finn. "Snow White." Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times. New York: Hungry Minds Inc, 1994.
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Armless Maiden edited by Terri Windling

Gould, Steven. "The Session."The Armless Maiden. Terri Windling, ed. New York: Tor Books, 1995.
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SHORT STORY


Newfangled Fairy Tales edited by Bruce Lansky

Harkrader, Lisa. "Rudy and the Prince." Newfangled Fairy Tales: Book #1. Bruce Lansky, ed. New York: Meadowbrook Press, 1997.
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Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand by Louise Hawes

Hawes, Louise. "Diamonda." Black Pearls: A Faerie Strand. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
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SHORT STORY: "Diamonda" is Snow White's tale, told from the perspective of one of the dwarves.


Once Upon a Crime

Hess, Joan. "Heptagon." Once Upon A Crime. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998.
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Hessel, Franz. "The Seventh Dwarf." Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture. Jack Zipes, ed. New York: Viking, 1991.
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Hirsh, Connie. "Mirror on the Wall." Science Fiction Age 3. March 1993.

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Hoch, Edward D. "Snow White and the Eleven Dwarfs."Once Upon A Crime. Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. New York: Berkeley Prime Crime, 1998.
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Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Kiernan, Caitlin R. "Glass Coffin."Silver Birch, Blood Moon. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1999.
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Red as Blood: Or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee

Lee, Tanith. "Red As Blood."Red as Blood: Or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer. New York: DAW Books, 1983.
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SHORT STORY


Snow White, Blood Red

Lee, Tanith. "Snow-Drop."Snow White, Blood Red. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1995.
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Wolf at the Door edited by Datlow and Windling

Maguire, Gregory. "The Seven Stage A Comeback." A Wolf at the Door. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
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Leaping Beauty by Gregory Maguire

Maguire, Gregory. "So What and the Seven Giraffes." Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
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Maher, Mary. "Hi Ho, It's Off to Strike We Go!." Rapunzel's Revenge: Fairy Tales for Feminists. Dublin: Attic Press, 1985.
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Red Ridin' in the Hood : and Other Cuentos by Patricia Santos Marcantonio

Marcantonio, Patricia Santos. "Blanca Nieves and theSeven Vaqueritos." Red Ridin' in the Hood: and Other Cuentos. Renato Alarcao, illustrator. New York: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2005.
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SHORT STORY: From the publisher: "Eleven classic tales are retold with an injection of Latino culture, providing a twist on the traditional forms while sustaining a freshness all their own."


Goldilocks on Management: 27 Revisionist Fairy Tales for Serious Managers

Mayer, Gloria Gilbert and Thomas Mayer. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Goldilocks on Management: 27 Revisionist Fairy Tales for Serious Managers. New York: American Management Association, 1999.
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Don't Bet on the Prince

Merseyside Fairy Story Collective. "Snow White." Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England. Jack Zipes, ed. New York: Routledge, 1986, 1987.
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Morlan, AR. "Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess." The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Volume 8. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1995.

SHORT STORY


Black Swan, White Raven

Murphy, Pat. "The True Story."Black Swan, White Raven . Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1997.
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Twice Upon A Time edited by Denise Little

Rodgers, Alan. "Fifi's Tail." Twice Upon A Time. Denise Little, ed. New York: DAW Books, 1999.
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SHORT STORY


Feminist Fairy Tales by Barbara Walker

Walker, Barbara. "Snow Night."Feminist Fairy Tales. San Francisco: Harper, 1996.
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Webb, Don. "Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs."Black Swan, White Raven . Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 1997.
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Yolen, Jane. "Snow in Summer." Black Heart, Ivory Bones. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Avon, 2000.
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Poetry

The Poets' Grimm edited by Beaumont and Carlson

Bennett, Bruce. "The True Story of Snow White." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 177.
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Bennett, Bruce. "The True Story of Snow White." Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry. Jim Elledge, editor. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999.


Beginning with O by Olga Broumas

Broumas, Olga. "Beauty and the Beast." Beginning with O. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1977.
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Broumas, Olga. "Snow White." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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Benson, Gerard. "Limerick." The Penguin Book of Limericks. E. O. Parrott, editor. New York: Penguin Books, 1983.
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First line: There was a young princess, Snow-White
Last line:
That Seven-Up last thing at night


Budy, Andrea Hollander. "Snow White." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 201.
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Carlin, Mike. "Anaconda Mining Makes the Seven Dwarfs an Offer." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 178.
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Carlin, Patricia. "The Stepmother Arrives." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 46.
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Chute, Robert M. "Snow White." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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Cooley, Nicole. "Snow White." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 247.
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Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl

Dahl, Roald. "Snow-White And The Seven Dwarfs." Revolting Rhymes. New York: Puffin Books, 1982.
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Dahl, Roald. "Snow-White And The Seven Dwarfs." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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Friman, Alice. "Snow White: The Mirror." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 108.
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Friman, Alice. "Snow White: The Prince." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 218.
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Wolf at the Door edited by Datlow and Windling

Gaiman, Neil. "Instructions."A Wolf at the Door. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, eds. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
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Gillespie, Robert. "Snow White." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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Gray, Alice Wirth. "Snow White and the Man Sent to Fetch Her Heart." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 199.
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Gwynn, R. S. "Snow White and the Seven Deadly Sins." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 197.
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Hall, Donald. "Mirror." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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Story Hour by Sara Henderson Hay

Hay, Sara Henderson. "One of the Seven Has Somewhat to Say."Story Hour. Fayetteville, AS: University of Arkansas Press, 1998.
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Jarrell, Randall. "The Ways and the Peoples." The Complete Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969; repr. 1989.


Kirsch, Sarah. "Already the Air Smells of Snow." German 20th Century Poetry. Reinhold Grimm and Irmgard Hunt, editors. New York: Continuum, 2000.


Koertge, Ron. "The Seven Dwarfs, Each on His Deathbed, Remember Snow White." Stand Up Poetry: An Expanded Anthology. Charles Harper Webb, ed. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2002.
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Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems by Liz Lochhead

Lochhead, Liz. "Beauty & The." Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems. London: Polygon Books, 1984.
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Lochhead, Liz. The Grimm Sisters. London: Next Editions (In Association with Faber & Faber), 1981.


Lochhead, Liz. "The Mother." Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems. London: Polygon Books, 1984.
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Lochhead, Liz. The Grimm Sisters. London: Next Editions (In Association with Faber & Faber), 1981.


Locklin, Gerald. "The Dwarf." Disenchantments: An Anthology of Modern Fairy Tale Poetry. Wolfgang Mieder, ed. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1985.
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MacLeod, Sheila. Snow White Soliloquies. New York: Viking Press, 1970.
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Mooney, Martin. "Dwarves." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 82.
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Moss, Thylias. "Lessons from a Mirror." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 169.
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Pastan, Linda. "This Enchanted Forest: Snow White." Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998.
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Ochester, Ed. "Snow White." A Geography of Poets: An Anthology of the New Poetry. Edward Field, ed. New York: Bantam Books, 1981.
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Owen, Sue. "The Glass Coffin." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 91.
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Owen, Sue. "The Poisoned Apple." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 110.
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Pastan, Linda. "This Enchanted Forest: Snow White." Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems, 1968-1998. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998.
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Peterson, Polly. "The Prince to Snow White."

Available at "The Prince to Snow White." Endicott Studio Website. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofp2sw.html.


Ronk, Martha. "Dock." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 238.
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Rukeyser, Muriel. "Fable." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 100.
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Return to Magic by Clive Sansom

Sansom, Clive. "Magic Island." Return to Magic. London: Leslie Frewin, 1969.
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Sansom, Clive. "The Seven Dwarfs." Return to Magic. London: Leslie Frewin, 1969.
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Transformations by Anne Sexton

Sexton, Anne. "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs." Transformations. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1979.
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The Academy of American Poets has the full version of this poem online at the link provided above. Below is an excerpt from the poem.

"Suddenly one day the mirror replied,
Queen, you are full fair, 'tis true,
but Snow White is fairer than you.
Until that moment Snow White
had been no more important
than a dust mouse under the bed.
But now the queen saw brown spots on her hand
and four whiskers over her lip
so she condemned Snow White
to be hacked to death."

This poem is also available online through Plagiarist.com at Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Anne Sexton.


Sheldon, Anne. "Snow White Turns 39." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 109.
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Sherman, Delia. "Snow White to the Prince." The Armless Maiden. Terri Windling, ed. New York: Tor Books, 1995.
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Available at "Snow White to the Prince." Endicott Studio Website. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofsnowt.html.


Story Hour by Sara Henderson Hay

Strauss, Gwen. "Confessions of a Witch." Trail of Stones. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
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Strauss, Gwen. "The Seventh Dwarf." Trail of Stones. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
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Thomas, Susan. "Snow White in Exile." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 81.
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Moss, Thylias. "Lessons from a Mirror." The Oxford Anthology of African American Poetry. Arnold Rampersad & Hilary Herbold, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Upton, Lee. "Snow White Over & Over." The Poets' Grimm: 20th Century Poems from Grimm Fairy Tales. Jeanne Marie Beaumont and Claudia Carlson, editors. Ashland, OR: Story Line Press, 2003. p. 217.
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Yolen, Jane. "The Mirror Speaks." The Armless Maiden. Terri Windling, ed. New York: Tor Books, 1995.
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Music

Also see Snow White on the Folklore and Fairy Tale Music page.

I have listed primarily classical compositions of music using the themes of this fairy tale in either ballet, opera or some other musical style. I have also provided links to popular recordings of the music when available at Amazon.com. The advantage to these links is that you can listen to samples of the music at no charge.

Into the Woods CD 1987Into the Woods CD 2002

Stephen Sondheim. Into The Woods.

In 1986, Into the Woods hit Broadway and enjoyed great success. The musical incorporates many fairy tale characters and plots including Snow White. I have included the Broadway and London casts' recordings below. An excellent site about this musical is at Into the Woods.

Title: Into the Woods--Original Cast Recording
Performers: Bernadette Peters, Robert Westenberg, Joanna Gleason, Chip Zien, Tom Aldredge.

Title: Into the Woods--London Cast Recording
Performers: Imelda Staunton, Julia McKenzie, Nicolas Parsons, Jacqueline Dankworth, Clive Carter.


"Snow White" by Corinna Fugate from the album Snow White (2006)
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Film

To learn more about these films, please visit the
Internet Movie Database.

Snow-White (1933). Dave Fleischer, director.
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ANIMATED SHORT: A Betty Boop interpretation of Snow White. "Trouble starts when the queen's magic mirror says Betty Boop is fairest. Cab Calloway sings 'St. James Infirmary Blues.'"


Disney's  Snow White

Walt Disney's Snow White (1937). Walt Disney, producer.
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ANIMATED FILM: This 1937 film is almost dizzying in its meticulous construction of an enchanted world, with scores of major and minor characters (including fauna and fowl), each with a distinct identity. When you watch Snow White's intricate, graceful movements of fingers, arms, and head all in one shot, it is not the technical brilliance of Disney's artists that leaps out at you, but the very spirit of her engaging, girl-woman character. When the wicked queen's poisoned apple turns from killer green to rose red, the effect of knowing something so beautiful can be so terrible is absolutely elemental, so pure it forces one to surrender to the horror of it.


Ball of Fire (1941). Howard Hawks, director.
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Cast:
Gary Cooper .... Prof. Bertram Potts
Barbara Stanwyck .... Katherine 'Sugarpuss' O'Shea

"Offering a screwball twist on the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this delightful comedy has grown dated since its release in 1941, but that only adds to its everlasting charm. Written by the ace screenwriting team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett and directed by Howard Hawks, the movie presents a breezy case of opposites attracting when nightclub singer "Sugarpuss" O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) is recruited to teach jazzy slang to a group of culturally isolated professors. Gary Cooper plays Bertram Potts, the straight-laced scholar who's compiling slang for a new encyclopedia, and his equally stodgy colleagues are fascinated when Sugarpuss and "Pottsie" seem to be warming up for romance. Complications ensue when the savvy singer must distance herself from her mobster fiancé (Dana Andrews), and Ball of Fire takes a wacky turn when the klutzy intellectuals take on the mobster's henchmen. It's all a bit quaint by today's standards, but the movie's got a wealth of witty dialogue and sassy appeal, with Stanwyck leading the way in a role that's equal parts tough exterior and soft-hearted vulnerability." (IMDB.com)


Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943). Robert Clampett, director.

ANIMATED SHORT: Far from politically correct. "So White flees from the wicked Queenie, wins over the thugs from Murder Inc. and meets her overrated Prince Chawmin'. Spoof of 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)' with an all-black cartoon cast. Many WWII references, including rationing (the evil Queen is a hoarder of sugar and rubber tires) and Jeep vehicles (the Sebben Dwarfs come to the rescue in three of them). One of the "Censored 11" banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library). Ted Turner continued the ban when he was hired and stated that these films will not be re-issued and will not be put on home video. These cartoons will probably never air on television again, and only non-Warner Bros. licensed public domain video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them." (IMDB.com)

Rocky and Bullwinkle Season 1 featuring Fractured Fairy Tales

Fractured Fairy Tales: Snow White (1959-60) (TV). In Rocky and Bullwinkle. Jay Ward Productions.
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ANIMATED SHORT: The Fractured Fairy Tales segment became a popular part of the first season of the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (known under various names through the years) that premiered in the fall of 1959. They have remained in syndication ever since. Snow White originally aired in Episode 22 of Season 1.


Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961). Walter Lang, director.
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Cast:
Carol Heiss .... Snow White
Larry Fine .... Larry
Joe DeRita .... Curly-Joe
Moe Howard .... Moe
Edson Stroll .... Prince Charming
Patricia Medina .... Queen/Witch

Many Stooges fans will find Snow White and the Three Stooges painful going, while some might find it quite charming. The film was conceived as a vehicle for Carol Heiss, the 1960 Olympic figure skating champion, but it was obvious that her limited acting would not carry the classic plot very far. So the Three Stooges were substituted for the Seven Dwarfs, and Prince Charming (Edson Stroll) became their companion. The start and end of the film follow the Disney version fairly closely, with Patricia Medina providing the only real acting as the Wicked Queen, abetted by the reliable villainy of Guy Rolfe.


Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1955). Erich Kobler, director. West Germany. USA Title: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

West Germany's interpretation of the classic tale. Read more about it on IMDB.com. The film made it East Germany a few years later is generally considered the better film.


Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1961). Gottfried Kolditz, director. East Germany. USA Title: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

East Germany's interpretation of the classic tale. Read more about it on IMDB.com.


Snow White and the Three Stooges

Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961). Walter Lang, director.
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Cast:
Carol Heiss .... Snow White
Larry Fine .... Larry
Joe DeRita .... Curly-Joe
Moe Howard .... Moe
Edson Stroll .... Prince Charming
Patricia Medina .... Queen/Witch


Pamuk Prenses ve 7 cüceler (1970). Ertem Göreç, director. Turkey. USA Title: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cotten Princess and Seven Dwarfs.

Cast:
Zeynep Degirmencioglu .... Pamuk Prenses 'Snow White'
Salih Güney .... The Prince
Suna Selen .... The Witch, Second Queen

MUSICAL


Neberte nám princeznú (1981) (TV). Martin Hoffmeister, director. Czechoslovakia.

"Modern version of Snow White fairytale. Girl Katka is frustrated and restless. She escapes from home and find herself in the orphanage. Seven orphan boys hide her and call her "Princess". But Katka is soon uncovered and her frantic mother is on the way..." (IMDB.com)


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Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1984) (TV).