French fairy tales : a Jungian approach / Bettina L. Knapp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knapp, Bettina Liebowitz, 1926-2010.

Series:

SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fairy tales--France.

Fairy tales.

Psychoanalysis and fairy tales--France.

Psychoanalysis and fairy tales.

Symbolism in fairy tales--France.

Symbolism in fairy tales.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.

Jung, C. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 393 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Offers an analysis of fourteen French fairy tales, from the medieval Romance of Mélusine to Jean Cocteau's film version of Beauty and the Beast, exploring their universal and eternal nature as well as their relevance to modern readers.

Contents:

Intro

FRENCH FAIRY TALES

CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: The Middle Ages: Feudalism And "La Societe Courtoise"

1. Melusine: "The Beauty Of Things Is Fleet And Swift"

PART II: The Seventeenth Century: "Le Grand Siècle"

2. Charles Perrault's Multi-Veined Donkey-Skin, Sleeping Beauty, and Bluebeard

3. Mme d'Aulnoy's The Bluebird-Metamorphosis, An Unconscious Readjustment

PART III: The Eighteenth Century: "L'Esprit Philosophique"

4. Denis Diderot's The White Bird-As Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit

5. Was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Fantastic Queen Merely A Tongue-In-Cheek Fairy Tale?

PART IV: The Nineteenth Century: "Le Romantisme"- Esthetic And Utilitarian

6. Charles Nodier's The Crumb Fairy-A Sacred Marriage of Sun and Moon

7. Theophile Gautier's Parapsychological Hetaera/Fairy: Arria Marcella

8. Countess Sophie De Segur's Rosette-A Manichean Merry-Go-Round!

9. George Sand's The Castle Of Crooked Peak-The Topography of Memory Manipulation

10. Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelleas and Melisande-The Dying Complex

PART V: The Twentieth-Century Slaughter/Science/Spirituality

11. Jean Cocteau's Beauty And The Beast-The "Plucking of a Rose"

12. Andree Chedid's The Suspended Heart-The Mystery of Being

Conclusion

Notes

1. MÉLUSINE

2. CHARLES PERRAULT'S MULTI-VEINED DONKEY SKIN, SLEEPING BEAUTY, AND BLUEBEARD

4. DENIS DIDEROT'S THE WHITE BIRD

5. WAS JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU'S THE FANTASTIC QUEEN MERELY A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK FAIRY TALE?

6. CHARLES NODIER'S THE CRUMB FAIRY

10. MAURICE MAETERLINCK'S PELLÉAS AND MÉLISANDE

11. JEAN COCTAU'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

12. ANDRÉE CHEDID'S THE SUSPENDED HEART

References

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-379) and index.

ISBN:

9780791488096

0791488098

9781417520336

1417520337

OCLC:

61367648