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1 Pomelina the Pomegranate Fairy Louisa John-Krol , 2021 short story
— Appears in: South of the Sun : Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century 2021; (p. 86-93)
1 Fated Intervention : Gracing, Musing and the Wishing Well Louisa John-Krol , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 43 2018;

'Fairy visitation has inspired Australia’s fairy-tale revival, through an abiding belief in Muses or Graces. This essay explores the plurality, plasticity and fecundity of classical iconography, through interpretations of fairies, and avouches that fairy tales cannot do without them. A fairy tale may entail rewards, vindications, riddles or quests, and may end happily, yet one of its most distinctive, vital ingredients is fated intervention. That is what ignites the magic. This paper explores this aspect of traditional fairy tales through a literary-historical discussion of the Fates, Graces and Muses, through intercultural, cross-era fertilisation, alongside the paradox of destiny and luck in wish fulfilment. In doing so, I’ll call upon my artistic experience and reading.'  (Publication abstract)
1 Envoys to the Empress Louisa John-Krol , 2018 single work short story
— Appears in: TEXT Special Issue Website Series , no. 43 2018;
1 Twenty Ways to Greet a Tiger Louisa John-Krol , 2011 single work prose
— Appears in: Award Winning Australian Writing 2011 2011;
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