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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(1/29/06 12:37 am)
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Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
The process is going to take weeks, if not months, depending on my stamina and life in general, but I have started creating an etext version of Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella. So far, I have the Introduction by Andrew Lang and the lengthy Preface by Cox scanned and formatted.
I have managed an initial edit of each, but with all of the many languages in use, especially in the Preface, my eyes are blurred and unable to see it all. Anyone wanting to preview the text and possibly proofread for glaring spelling errors in the English content, please feel free to do so and either post errors here or send me an email. If you find errors, please give me detailed information, such as the phrases they appear in, so I can find and correct them easily.
As for the German, French, Greek, etc., I know some accents and such are missing, but I'm letting that go for now.
I will also italicize titles and such in the next few days, so please don't bother with that either.
Introduction by Andrew Lang
Preface by Marian Roalfe Cox
And, yes, I know I'm crazy.
Heidi
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princessterribel
Registered User
(1/29/06 3:15 am)
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crazy!?
I don't think you are crazy, I think you are an angel, you are making this text more accessible to everyone which is great. I'll look forward to reading those.
Gemila
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(2/4/06 11:31 am)
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Re: crazy!?
No, not crazy, but it is a beastly project. It might make me crazy before it's over.
Anyway, I have slogged through the first 130 abstracts and they are now on the site. They comprise all of the Cinderella variations. The Catskin variations are coming next.
Cinderella Tales
For everyone not familiar with the book, it is comprised of Abstracts and Tabulations for each of the 345 Cinderella variants mentioned in the title. In other words, the tales themselves are not included, just detailed descriptions with bibliographical information. The abstracts are quite short and emphasize the Cinderella attributes of the tales. The tabulations--which I haven't put on the site yet except for the first three--are much more detailed and almost read like the tale.
The tabulations, when I have them all online, will be the best source for reading many of these tales. While they cut the tales down to their bones, taking away the narrative, they do provide the details that illustrate the differences between the variants. Since many of these tale are not as readily available in English translation, the tabulations are a wonderful resource.
Then there are notes and footnotes comprising most of the appendix. Instead of bunching the abstracts together and then the tabulations, I am sorting all of the information by tale, giving each it's own page with it's abstract, tabulation, any applicable notes and links to further information on SurLaLune, such as full text versions of the tales if they are available. So the online etext will have all of the same information as the original publication, but it will be organized very differently, making it easier to use, in my opinion.
Here's an example:
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Aberg, G. A., Nylandska Folksagor. Helsingfors, 1887. P. 321, No. 251. (From Finland.)
"DOM TRI FLIKKONA SOM SKU TI KUNGSGALN O TJAENA"
(The three Girls who went as Servants to the King's Palace).
Heidi
Edited by: Heidi Anne Heiner at: 2/12/06 12:49 pm
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(2/12/06 12:45 pm)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
I have the first 306 abstracts up on the site now, as well as 47 tabulations (see explanation about abstracts and tabulations in my previous post). 306-345 are the hero tales and extras found in the appendix and are forthcoming. It will be at least another month before the entire book is on site since I am compiling and sorting and editing at length. It's tedious reading, but interesting nonetheless.
The work is leading me to variants of other tales--I've added more variants to Bluebeard, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, Godfather Death, Diamonds and Toads, Twelve Dancing Princesses, Rumpelstiltskin, and Donkeyskin this week.
Here's the link to the index page: Cinderella by Marian Roalfe Cox.
Heidi
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(3/11/06 10:53 am)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
Excepting about 80% of the Notes in the Appendix and some charts in the introduction, Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella is available on SurLaLune now. And the Appendix should be finished by the end of next week.
Heidi
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Rosemary Lake
Registered User
(3/11/06 7:54 pm)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
That's wonderful, Heidi! How in the world do you find time for all this? Bless you!
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(3/18/06 12:13 pm)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
Oh, I do this instead of watching TV. I'm 98% finished now. I still need to make some charts for the Preface and finish about 20% of the Appendix. The notes in the Appendix are taking longer since I am creating links to the many tales referenced within. They are really going to be a great resource for industrious students wanting some new paper topics on Cinderella. I know I've learned more in the past two months than I have in a while concerning Cinderella. There's a lot of material in this 500+ page book.
Heidi
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(3/23/06 10:55 pm)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
The entire book is now online--except for a bibliography of books that don't contain Cinderella tales provided in the Appendix. I'm still working on editing and formatting that.
I'm still adding some hyperlinks, especially in the preface, to make navigation easier, but all of the text is there, including charts breaking the tales down into geographic regions and another one that sorts them in chronological order. (Found in the Preface.) There is a lot of information in Cox's book. Granted, it was compiled in 1893, but the notes are very interesting in addition to all of the Cinderella variants abstracted and tabulated. I've learned quite a bit while preparing it for the site.
Just in time for many term papers and such coming up at the end of semesters and terms. Hope it is useful to some of you out there! If you are looking for a topic to write about Cinderella--or other tales for that matter--just browse the Notes. From magic trees to talking birds, there's something for everyone.
I must say after spending so much time with this tome over the past few months, I've gained a great respect for Cox's work. It can be tedious, but it is certainly full of information. And she did all of this without a computer....
Heidi
Edited by: Heidi Anne Heiner at: 3/23/06 11:01 pm
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Heidi Anne Heiner
ezOP
(3/25/06 8:41 am)
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Re: Marian Roalfe Cox's Cinderella
C'est fini!
Heidi
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