Websites
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The University of Pittsburgh has quite the collection.
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This contains a good bio, some links, and a good bibliography. See especially the links page.
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Some interesting info, courtesy of the Johns Hopkins University Gazette.
Video
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A wonderful little segment containing clips of Anne Sexton reading and, you know, living her life.
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Here's a very non-Sexton, kids' book version of the story.
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An absolutely fascinating, long clip of Anne Sexton noodling around at home, just doing her thing. Ignore (or enjoy!) the Spanish subtitles.
Audio
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Enjoy lots and lots of audio files here (you'll need QuickTime or similar; they're not mp3s).
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Just what it sounds like! (Tip: if you YouTube search "Anne Sexton," lots of audio clips like this come up! Go on, try it!)
Images
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Early 20th century painter's depiction of the birds picking lentils out of the ashes for Cinderella. Very nice of them!
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Not exactly an image, but if you're ever in Austin, you should check out this collection of rare photographs.
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Here's another early-twentieth-century depiction of the protagonist. (Dulac painted many other fairy tales too, some of which are on this site as well.)
Historical Documents
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Here's the original Grimms' version of the fairy tale in German.
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And here's the English translation, just in case you, you know, can't read German. Hey, nobody's perfect.
Books
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A lovely, illustrated printing of the French version of the story. (If you want to read the whole thing, though, you'll have to buy the book!)
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Yep, it's the whole book, translated by Margaret Hunt. And with notes! A great resource.
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Anne Sexton, as told by Anne Sexton, and co-edited by her eldest daughter, Linda Gray Sexton.
Movies & TV
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Its IMDB page, filled with facts and stats about the movie and its actors.
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This is a link to the IMDB entry for the first movie, though two more were made afterwards and went straight to TV.