Courtesy of the Walter Anderson Family

The following are works of literature and fairy tales represented in the "Walter Anderson & World Literature" exhibit at the University of Mississippi.  The specific editions listed do not actually contain Anderson's artwork, but instead provide the text which inspired him.  [Please note:  the J.D. Williams Library possesses multiple editions and versions of each tale, but for the purpose of this list only one particular publication is listed and linked to the library catalog.] 

Legends of Charlemagne:  Thomas Bulfinch.  Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry, Legends of Charlemagne.  New York: Crowell, 1959.  Catalogued:  Main Library BL310 B76 1959.

King Lear:  William Shakespeare.  King Lear, by William Shakespeare; A Facsimile of the First Folio Text.  London: Chiswick Press, 1931.  Catalogued:  Main Library PR2751 A1519 1931.

Hamlet:  William Shakespeare.  Hamlet.  Cambridge: University Press, 1954.  Catalogued: Main Library PR2807 A2 W55 1954.
Courtesy of the Walter Anderson Family

Rime of the Ancient Mariner:  Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  The Annotated Mariner.  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.  New York: C.N. Potter, 1965.  Catalogued:  PR4479 A1 1965.

Beauty and the Beast:  Warwick Hutton.  Beauty and the Beast.  New York: Atheneum, 1985.  Catalogued:  Juvenile Collection PZ8 H98 Be 1985.

King Arthur:  Thomas Mallory.  Le Morte d'Arthur.  New York: Bramhall House, 1962.  Catalogued:  Main Library PR2043 B3 1962a.

Aladdin:  Edward William Lane, trans.  Stories from Thousand and One Nights.  New York:  P.F. Collier & Son, [c1909].  Catalogued:  Main Library AC1 A4 v.16.

Iliad:  Alexander Pope, trans.  The Iliad.  London: Warne, n.d.  Catalogued:  Main Library PA4025 A2 P6.

Don Quixote:  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.  Don Quixote.  New York:  Macmillan, 1926.  Catalogued:  Main Library  PQ6329 A3 1926.

Thumbelina:  Hans Christian Anderson.  Thumbelina.  New York: Scribner, 1961.  Catalogued:  Juvenile Collection  PZ8 A543 Th 1961.

Voyage of the Beagle:  Charles Darwin.  Voyage of the Beagle.  New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.  Catalogued:  Main Library AC1 A4 v.29.

Paradise Lost:  John Milton.  Paradise Lost.  New York: Odyssey Press, 1935.  Catalogued:  Main Library PR3560 A1 1935. 

Alice in Wonderland:  Lewis Carroll.  Alice in Wonderland.  New York:  H.N. Abrams, 1988.  Catalogued:  PR4611 A7 1988.